Fire ravages a conservancy, with reports of dead elephants

Vehicles used by security personnel involved in putting out a fire at the Loldaiga Conservancy in Umande, Laikipia. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

More than 8,000 acres of pasture have gone up in flames in the expansive Loldaiga Conservancy in Laikipia.

The fire broke out on Wednesday near a venue where British soldiers were undergoing training.