SIXTEEN people were killed last year while more than 1,3 million hectares of land was destroyed by veldfires countrywide, a Cabinet Minister has said.
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Francis Nhema yesterday said a total of 1 861 fires were recorded during the same period. He said in 2011, five people were killed while 713,770 hectares of land was destroyed.
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