The Province of Corrientes suffers Three active foci of forest fires In the locations of La Cruz, Solari Station and Mantilla. Firefighters, brigades and aircraft work in the areas to turn them off, but The flames do not stopalthough last Thursday they managed to deactivate two other foci in Governor Martínez and Perugorría.
Bruno Lovinson, coordinator of the Emergency Operational Command of Corrientes, He communicated that an arduous work was done to be able to turn off and control the latter. However, he assured that with the sources that remain active, they are already more than 20,000 affected hectares.
They also confirmed the death of Cindia Alejandra Mendozathe first fatal victim of fires. She was a school director who He died while fighting the flames who got over their father’s home.
“In the despair of wanting to help, he gets into the fire, which makes a swirl, takes it to the middle and ends up calcined with 80% of the burned body,” the authority revealed.
Active forest fire spotes
The Levinson coordinator also indicated that Volunteer and Brigadist Firefighters They act now in the affected areas. He also explained that there was a forest fire on a pine plantation in Loma Alta, area of the three hillsin the town of La Cruz.
On the other hand, Civil defense confirmed that there was another fire in an eucalyptus plantation in Mantilla, Bella Vista, Saladas and Santa Rosa.
“They were registered spotlights in the towns of Governor Martínez and Perugorría, but They were deactivated Due to the rapid action of the different areas and institutions, “said the agency.
Fire in Patagonia: operations are reinforced to combat fire in three municipalities
The government of Chubut ordered to strengthen operations to combat the fires of Epuyén, Atilio Viglione and El Pedregoso under a strong deployment of human and material resources. In Río Negro, There are already three arrested for fires in El Bolsón.
In Epuyén, where the flames are still fought on the right flank of the incident in a difficult access zone, 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.
Meanwhile, in the fight of the igneous focus of the town they continue to work members of the National and Provincial Services of Fire Managementvolunteer firefighters, National Gendarmerie and those who added the personnel of the local municipality.
Then, regarding the situation in The stony, on the border between the municipalities of Epuyén and hole, This early morning six spotlights were detected simultaneously So the fire remains active. It is a complex terrain of difficult access due to the existing vegetation, according to the Argentine News Agency.
Fire in El Bolsón: Three arrested for provoking the fire
There are already three detainees on Wednesday accused of provoke fires in El Bolsón. According to local media, the investigations were carried out by prosecutor Francisco Arrien and found the first suspect to start the fire in the El Pedregoso area. Later, two other people were arrested for fact. All were delayed and several neighbors appeared at Police Station 12 to demand their release.
The expert opinions began in the Wharton place, a very busy place since it is the branch that is directed to several shelters in the mountain range. In this context, the neighbors observed the defendant who was wearing a brigadist t -shirt although he had no tools and circulated through the shelter trails.
Source: Ambito
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