Forest fire ravages most of Binsuluk reserve

Drowning out the blaze: Firefighters putting out the bushfire at Binsuluk in Beaufort.

KOTA KINABALU: Forest fires damaged more than half of the 12,196ha Binsuluk peat swamp reserve over the past several weeks.

Inter-monsoon rains since Friday finally doused the fires, which started in early April and razed some 8,000ha of the area, said Sabah Forestry Department director Datuk Sam Mannan.