The provincial Risk Management Secretariat confirmed that there is still a fire front of approximately 300 meters in that area. Meanwhile, the situation in Punilla has been contained.
He fire in the Cordoba town of The Limestone Quarry continued to be active, while the rest of the spotlights had been contained.
The spokesman for the Provincial Risk Management Secretariat, Roberto Schreinerhe said in a conversation with the press that In La Calera there is a fire front of approximately 300 meters.
In this regard, the official said that Access to the fire is difficult and the increase in temperature makes the work of firefighters difficult.
However, he stressed that the brigade members were using “fire engines, tanker trucks, backpacks and hand tools” to deal with the fire.
“You have to carry a 25-kilogram backpack on your back, walk and work in 32-degree temperatures with all your equipment on,” Schreiner added.
More than 70 firefighters were battling the flames and were assisted by an ambulance due to the physical strain that the task entails.
For its part, The situation in Punilla, near the Santa María airfield, was contained with unstable perimeters.
Source: Ambito
