Approximately 80 of the island's moai statues were damaged in the blaze, due to the erosion of the volcanic rock they were carved from.
Easter Island, situated around 2,200 miles west of Chile, is infamous for its"heads," or moai statues, created by the Rapa Nui people. The small island is only 63.2 square miles in area, and has a population of 7,750, according to the 2017 census.
so its new sprouts would provide good feed for sheep and cattle. This was customarily done around June-July just before the winter rains and when there was a heavy wind so the fire would sweep across the land and thus the grass rootlets would be saved and sprout with the first rain," he told"So still the ranchers continue to set fire to the grass although this is now forbidden when cattle feed becomes scarce.
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