This space, located near the town of Santiago Vazquez in Montevideo, it functions as a zoo and as a conservation center for animal and plant species. That is why the mayor’s decision was marked by the intention of preserving the safety of the animals and also their visitors.
On the other hand, they remarked that the park Espinillo Point It will remain open, but with a fire watch. In addition, they reminded the population that it is prohibited to make fires and stoves due to the growing possibility of fires due to drought and water deficit that plagues the entire Uruguayan territory.
Fire alert in Uruguay
The National Directorate of Firefighters of Uruguay warned last Sunday that the Wildfire Risk Index of the Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (inumet), marked a danger “very high” start of fire Throughout the national territory. After noon of the day of last Sunday, Firefighters found themselves fighting up to 30 outbreaks simultaneously in different parts of the country.
The highlights of the Montevideo metropolitan area occurred from the early hours of the morning in Lecocq Park, where five Fire Departments worked and was controlled around 07:00 hours. At the same time, around 10:30 a.m. there was a fire with a frontage of 400 meters in Path of the Footprintaffecting about 25 hectares of field.
The Inumet showed he 100% Uruguay map painted red —very high risk— on a scale that also includes low risk (green), medium risk (yellow), and high risk (orange), in an index that is based on the nesterov indexdeveloped in the old Soviet Unionand whose variables are temperature and air saturation deficit.
Source: Ambito
