Britain to pay nearly $4 million in compensation after troops sparked huge forest fire while training in Kenya

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'It was a furnace': Kenyan victims enduring lifelong complications after forest fire sparked by British troops 3:02

The British government has agreed to pay almost $4 million to thousands of victims of a blaze started by its soldiers while in training in Kenya, according to documents seen by CNN.

The settlement follows a long legal battle by local community members in the East African country. The campaigners have said the effects of the 2021 fire in an expansive wildlife conservancy in central Kenya have caused them lifelong health issues, damaged their property and polluted their environment.

Some of them also told CNN that they