Forest-fires wreaking havoc on wildlife population in Miri

Miri fire-fighters having to tackle snakes too aside from forest-fires.

MIRI: The forest-fires raging in jungles and bushland in parts of Sarawak are wrecking havoc on the wildlife population.

Mammals like monkeys and reptiles like snakes and monitor lizards, some of them very big in size, are encroaching into human settlements in their bid to escape the wildfires.