Due to the fires, they suspended the Argentine Rally in Córdoba

Due to the fires, they suspended the Argentine Rally in Córdoba

According to the Cordovan media, after the meeting the authorities issued a statement in which they indicated that the decision had been made to “suspend the dispute of the Córdoba Rally, scheduled between Friday and next Sunday, in the area of ​​the Punilla Valley and sectors surrounding La Calera”.

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“Given that the planned route includes the area with the highest risk of forest fire in the province, made up of a complex topography of valleys and mountains, a high concentration of combustible plant material and we are going through the driest winter in the last 27 years. cited, together with the high temperatures that are expected, the low relative humidity of the environment and the yellow alert due to the possibility of winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour for the next few hours, determined the decision to suspend the competition”they added.

Then they pointed out that the Province of Córdoba “makes available for the realization of this Córdoba Rally on another date and when the weather conditions are more favourable”while in a statement it is stated that the notification to suspend the test was taken “48 hours after the scheduled launch, because the weather conditions are technically predictable with greater certainty and regularity in that period of time.”

It was also reported that so far There are five people who were arrested in the framework of the police and judicial investigation that was opened to identify those responsible for intentionally causing some of the fires.

The climatic conditions remain complicated, since some isolated rains are expected only for Sunday and the strong winds favor the spread of the flames.

Source: Ambito

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