Police officers Black Rivertogether with the prosecutor on duty and experts, they entered the area where the Fire in El Bolsón. During the inspection, the investigating team identified three foci of start of the fire and, in one of them, found a glass bottle.
The element found will be subject to expert opinions to advance research and determine the causes of the fire that has caused serious damage in the area of El Bolsón, charging a person’s life.
“We are going to make available to the investigation all the necessary resources to clarify this sinister. We will not rest until the truth is known and, if it is confirmed that it was intentional, we will ensure that those responsible in front of justice,” said Governor Alberto Weretilneck.
Weretilneck, who is in place coordinating the actions of the provincial government, lamented the losses caused by the fire. “Not only have we lost thousands of hectares of forest and suffered millionaire damage, but the tragic death of a person has also been confirmed. If this was caused, those who did so must assume the consequences. We will take care of it, “he concluded.
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El Bolsón: We are facing an intentional and criminal act
The Rio Negro Police, the prosecutor on duty and experts accessed the points where the fire began. In one of them a glass bottle was found, which will be permitted to determine its link with the fire. pic.twitter.com/ybexy5qadr
– Alberto Weretilneck (@Weretilneck) February 2, 2025
El Bolsón: They evacuated 800 tourists and the fire already razed more than 2,000 hectares
Some 800 tourists were evacuated in the Rionegrina town of El Bolsón, where in the last hours a forest fire originated, for now without control, and that already swept with just over 2,000 hectares.
That group was in different mountain shelters, but was finally rescued in the middle of the voracious fire and transferred the municipal sports center. The fire was detected on Thursday afternoon in the Loma de los Piches, a drawer of the blue drawer, and quickly expanded to the east due to the adverse climatic conditions, with strong gusts of wind.
For his part, Bruno Pogliano -intendant of El Bolsón – He gave a bleak panorama in statements to the local press: “It is the greatest tragedy in our town and in Río Negro.”
“There is a lot of smoke and the fire is not controlled,” said the communal chief, adding that “the brigades have it surrounded, but the wind conditions causes other spotlights to be revived. They produce regrets and the fire advances at an unthinkable speed .
For his part, Governor Alberto Weretilneck, expressed himself today in the social network X and said that “it is impossible not to move before material losses and think about the impact that this situation has generated in each neighbor and in each family.”
“We know that the path of reconstruction will be difficult. But we also know about the strength and solidarity of each rionegrino, of each pocket. We are not going to leave anyone behind. We are going to get up, working with each neighbor and each family for get ahead. “
Meanwhile, the active spotlights follow in the Lanín and Nahuel Huapi Park, in the immediate vicinity of San Carlos de Bariloche, with conditions similar to those recorded in El Bolsón.
For its part, the El Manso Promotion Commission informed the population about an imminent risk in the area, particularly from kilometer 18 of the internal road to Route 40.
Source: Ambito

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