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Tanzania asks for aircraft to battle fire on Mt. Kilimanjaro

by Tom Odula
| October 15, 2020 10:06 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania's government is hoping helicopters and planes will help put out a fire raging on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain at 19,443 feet (5,926 meters).

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