The fire was off at night. An electric distribution company will make a preventive cut that will impact several neighborhoods of El Bolsón.
Two women were arrested for causing the igneous focus and the fire was held in Epuyénin the province of Chubut. The fire went out around 21 on Thursday, in Puerto Madryn. In the context of the emergency that affects the region and due to weather conditions, the private company for distribution and marketing of electricity Edersa will carry out a preventive power cut this Friday between 15 and 19.
The measure will impact on the main interface neighborhoods of El Bolsón, including Loma del Medio, Cerro Amigo, Villa Turismo and Mallín Drowned. After days of intense work by the brigades and the police, the fire is content. However, monitoring will continue until its total extinction. The affected surface reaches about 3,530 hectares, including implanted forest, native forest, thickets and grasslands.
The authorities detailed that More than 70 homes were affected and more than 200 people were evacuated due to the magnitude of the fire. Despite the facts, Brigadistas continue to tour the area to identify possible hot points and prevent reactivations that can put population safety at risk.
Meanwhile, in the area of The stony onefire focuses remain active, although without significant expansion since Wednesday. The Undersecretary of Civil Protection Eduardo Pérez He informed that three focuses continue with activity, but the results of the combat tasks were positive. The estimated affected surface is 55 hectares of native forest, implanted, shrub and grassland forest.
The authorities continue to call on the population to remain informed and follow the indications of emergency equipment, highlighting the importance of community cooperation to avoid new fire focuses.
Fire in Patagonia: operations are reinforced to combat fires in three municipalities
The government of Chubut ordered to reinforce the Operations to combat the fires of Epuyén, Atilio Viglione and El Pedregoso under a strong deployment of human and material resources. In Black Riverthere are already three arrested for fires in El Bolsón.
In Epuyén, the staff of the Provincial Road Administration He began with land cleaning tasks so that families who lost their homes can start with the reconstruction of their homes.
Source: Ambito
