In the area of Chapel of the Mount, Cordobathe situation due to forest fires remains dramatic. For more than a week, the flames have been causing havoc in the province and have already accumulated 14 houses burned and More than 50 people had to be evacuated from their homes.
On the premises, More than 300 firefighters are fighting the fire The storm is advancing rapidly due to adverse weather conditions: in the last few hours there have been strong gusts of wind – reaching 60km/h – and high temperatures that have made containment efforts difficult. In addition, a huge operation has been set up in the Punilla Valley with the aim of evacuating the nearest houses and to put out the flames that were spreading through the traditional tourist complex known as Coco Park.
The complex situation of the fires in Córdoba
The fire is unforgiving and continues to advance in the areas of Capilla del Monte, Dolores de Punilla, San Esteban, Chancaní and the upper area of Los Cocos. According to local media, the fire is advancing rapidly and both the wind and the extreme heat are complicating the task of the firefighters since, so far, More than 50 people had to be evacuated and 14 homes were burned down.
More than 300 firefighters are working in the area to fight the flames that, in recent days, generated dense clouds of unbreathable smoke that hit kilometers of forested territories, where several active fire outbreaks were recorded. The brutal incident forced provincial forces to Completely cut off national routes 28 and 38in addition to making available water-dropping planes to combat the situation.
Municipal authorities, such as, for example, Roberto Schreinermayor of Chapel of the Mountsaid that the evacuees were sent to hotels and cabins and in television interviews he explained: “It will take several more hours of work. due to the complications of the wind“.
For his part, the governor of Córdoba, Martin Llaryorasaid that the province will ask the Justice to be a plaintiff in the case of the fires and to be able to carry out a more effective measure to extinguish the fires. In addition, through his social networks, the official said: “This is a disaster, apart from the weather conditions are not helping us, Fire produces nothing, nothing is ever the same again and even less so thinking that this could have been on purpose.”
On Friday, police authorities arrested a man in Chapel of the Mountaccused of allegedly having started a fireThe detainee, aged 31, was seen while trying to burn grasslands in Pueyrredón at 4,000, which motivated the neighbors to report it, and they added that “He was carrying a 10-litre can of petrol and was trying to set it on fire.”
The flames reached the famous Los Cocos chairlift complex
Among the affected areas, the flames reached the area of Los Cocos Park. Neighbors in the area recorded the gruesome images of the fire which quickly went viral on social media.
Despite the joint efforts of the firefighters, the spread of the flames in different departments was not completely contained. In the new affected area, 32 residents were evacuated and self-evacuated as a result of the natural disaster.
“We are worried about Los Cocos. The fire is going in that direction, so we have to stop it,” Schreiner said on Friday night. Because of what happened, merchants in the Descanso area were forced to remove their merchandise so as not to lose everything.
Source: Ambito
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