Fire in El Bolsón: The work of the brigadistas continues in the face of the rapid advance of fire

Fire in El Bolsón: The work of the brigadistas continues in the face of the rapid advance of fire

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.

Under 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 a Friday statement they announced the preventive, gradual and orderly evacuation of the following places: The pearls of the blue, from paradise and hue nain to the north, dulceía, hidden waterfall, Loma del Medio, Doña Rosa, Camping Los Alerces, Base Camping and Camping of the Blue River to the parallel.

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The fire already swept at least 3,000 hectares.

In that sense, they highlighted the importance of circulating “With extreme caution”in addition to “Follow authorities indications, keep calm and act responsibly”.

The Strong wind bursts that there was during yesterday the fire shift, as confirmed Orlando Báezholder of the Forest Fire Prevention and Fight Service (SPLIF).

“What we are trying to do is defend the houses, Because the fire took a lot of strength at this time. We also have people bet at CET 23 school, where donations were being received for those affected, “he explained to the newspaper Black River. In addition, he explained that the hidden waterfall sector is already affected by the fire, so the access remains closed.

They work in the area, in addition to the Splif, volunteer firefighters of El Bolsón, Bariloche, brigades of Buenos Aires, San Luis and provincial road equipment, among other agencies.

El Bolsón: A man was arrested after making a fire in a wooded area

A police operation began after a video became viral on social networks. There you see a man who started a fire in El Bolsón. Personnel of the 12th Police Station carried out a rake to find the person in charge; Then he located it and stopped him at his home.

At the time of its identification, Jorge Hermosillo (49) He wore the same clothes as in the viralized video and coincided with the description provided. The place of the fact corresponds to the cola field zone, remains of the fire already off and a black cap were found.

In addition, the detainee belonged to belongings. The governor Alberto Weretilneck He repudiated the fact on social networks and requested prison for those who threaten the bag.

“It was not an oversight, it was a criminal act (…) We are not going to allow anyone to put the lives of our people at risk, the work of the firefighters and the nature that hurts so much to see destroyed, ”he said on the social network X (former Twitter) and said that there will be “consequences”.

The Prosecutor’s Office in charge of the Dr. Francisco Arrien He ordered the permanence of the detainee as delayed and ordered his transfer to another police unit for security reasons.

Source: Ambito

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