A new fire broke out in another part of the Sunderbans on Sunday few hours after firelighters brought fire under control in a part in the forest.
The Forest Department noticed a blaze in the dense forest area of Shaplar Bil, near the 23 Sher Siler of Dhansagar Patrol Post in the Chandpai Range of the Sunderbans East Division in Bagerhat district.
Then the Forest Department has started monitoring the fire using a drone.
Kazi Mohammad Nurul Karim, the divisional forest officer of the Sunderbans East Division, said that they were actively gathering information after reports of the fire at Shaplar Bil.
Forest department staff and fire station workers were on their way to the location and detailed information would only be available once the forest staff arrived at the site, he said.
Bagerhat鈥檚 Sharankhola Fire Station in-charge Aftab-e-Alam said that fire station personnel had also been dispatched to the site after receiving reports of the new fire.
On Saturday, at about 7:00am, members of the Forest Department noticed a fire at the Tapar Bil area near the Kolmatji Camp of the Dhansagar Station in the Chandpai Range of the Sunderbans East Division.
Firefighters brought the blaze under full control on Sunday morning, more than 24 hours after it broke out.
