Mount Kilimanjaro Fires finally get extinguished by the falling rains

Fires on Mount Kilimanjaro have stopped!

The Rains that have now started to fall in Northern Tanzania seems to have come in handy and into rescue.

The ongoing downpours in Moshi have now helped to put off the fires that ​were raging on Mount Kilimanjaro​, for nearly 12 days now, destroying vegetation and raising safety concerns.

Reports from Moshi that have been confirmed by a number of mountain porters and guides, speaking at different times from a number of entry points of Kilimanjaro National Park, reveal that the fires that have been burning on Africa’s highest peak have finally been killed off by the rains.

But authorities at the Tanzania National Parks in Arusha are yet to issue official statements regarding the new developments being reported from Moshi.

“Rains have totally extinguished the flames on the mountain,” said one of the guides at Kilimanjaro.

The porters also affirm that, other than helping to put off the fires on Kilimanjaro, the rains have also made the weather to be cooler and therefore making hiking easier.

For more than a week, Mount Kilimanjaro was burning

It is believed that those rising temperatures, a phenomenon which is common during the hot months of September and October could have triggered bush fires.

In the neighboring country, Mount Kenya, was also burning for over a week, simultaneously with Kilimanjaro.

Reports from Kenya also reveal that the fires on Africa’s second tallest peak have also been brought under control, but through combined human efforts.

This is the first time on record that the two highest peaks in Africa have both erupted in hot flames at the same time and continued to burn simultaneously.

Towering at 5,895 meters, Kilimanjaro in Northern Tanzania, is the highest peak in Africa, while Mount Kenya, climbing at 5,199 meters in central Kenya is the second tallest elevation on the continent.

Now, the two top African peaks have recently been puffing fire onto the skies like angry dragons.

However, throughout the week of fires, tourism activities at Mount Kilimanjaro continued as usual.

A few weeks earlier, the Table Mountain of Cape Town in South Africa also caught fire, bringing tourism activities there to a halt.