The government confirmed that he sent assistance to the provinces affected by fire

Through its social networks, Francos said that “9 aircraft, 10 helicopters, 4 forest authombs, 5 pick up, 4 bedroom trucks, 61 SNMF brigades (National Fire Management Service), 15 PFA Brigadistas (PFA Brigadistas ( Argentine Federal Police), 22 Brigadistas of Córdoba, regional coordinators, pilots and land support teams for the pilots “, as well as” 7,000 million pesos were allocated as advancement of the National Treasury to the province of Chubut “and” 5,000 Millions of pesos to Río Negro for housing reconstruction. “

He Chief of Cabinet said they are working with the help of the National Emergency System, through the National Fire Management Service, and others convened by the Federal Fire Management System and the Administration of National Parks.

And he loaded against the way the fires began: “They are produced by intentional action or cause of human carelessness, which further complexes your control. Some of its authors have been arrested and made available to justice. “

And he concluded: “We continue advancing in the intelligence work necessary to identify those responsible and prevent these actions.”

Fire in El Bolsón: Complicated day for fire containment work

He forest fire that plagues the town of El Bolsón was out of control and continues to threaten animals, inhabitants, and housing in the area. This Saturday, at least a total of 700 families had to be evacuated while Brigadistas They remain performing a Huge effort to prevent the flames from spreading.

Weretilneck spoke today about emergency tasks and warned that today it will be a “complicated” day in the containment work of the flames in that area.

“We hope one day Very, very complicatedsimilar to day one and similar to Friday: low atmospheric pressure, with 30 degrees of temperature and with approximately northwest wind between 50 and 70 km/h per hour. Then, we are preparing an evacuation plan and we are planning Sunday with different fire containment measures, “he said in Dialogue with Clarín.

Within that framework, the authorities issued a statement where they explained: “The Fire head is detained And the aerial media will begin to operate early on Saturday, if the climatic conditions allow it. The work on the flanks of the fire is reinforced and Brigadistas de Bariloche will be added“In addition, they estimated that the affected sector consists of more than 3,000 hectares.

In turn, the governor of Río Negro spoke about the investigation that is carried out in parallel, to find the authors of the fire, after the start of the fire intentionally. “We have that on the first day there were three light bulbs. In those three places it is well determined how it started. For example, there were one combustible material And in another there was a bottle of fuel, “he explained.