Forest fires in Córdoba: tomorrow Javier Milei and Guillermo Francos will travel to the province

Forest fires in Córdoba: tomorrow Javier Milei and Guillermo Francos will travel to the province

September 24, 2024 – 20:43

The President will leave at midday together with the Chief of Staff and the Secretary General of the Presidency to closely follow the relief efforts in the province, hit by the fire.

The President Javier Milei will travel tomorrow to Cordova to closely follow the tasks of assistance and rescue that are carried out before the fierce forest fires that hit the province. The Government sent more aid to the affected areas.

Hours after arriving from USA, where the head of state participated for the first time before the UN Assembly will leave at noon together with the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei, and the Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francos, to take notice of the fire crisis that cross the areas of Chapel of the Mountain, La Granja, Salsacate and Villa Berna.

Before the fires produced in the province, the Chief of Staff communicated with the Governor of Córdoba, Martin Llaryora, making available the resources to deal with the emergency. “Last night I spoke about the situation with the governor Llaryora, who told me that regardless of the severity of the fire They are doing everything possible and necessary to control the event.whose evolution also depends on strong winds, drought and lack of rain,” he said.

Franks He told the provincial leader that The Government “remains at the disposal of the people of Cordoba, without political speculation”and took the opportunity to question the governor of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, for criticizing the national administration’s management of the crisis: “Instead of managing his province, he is engaged in cheap politics with the fires that are ravaging Córdoba.”

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Milei will travel to Córdoba to closely follow the relief efforts for the fires

The President Milei will arrive in the province in the hours of noon, to get in touch with the local authorities and the Chiefs of the operation who are carrying out the tasks of containing and extinguishing the fire. Around 800 firefighters are in the area, along with brigade members and also personnel from the Army, who joined to collaborate in the tasks. Although the focus is on Chapel of the Mount It was divided between east (Sierras Chicas) and west (towards San Marcos Sierras), and its intensity decreased in the other three locations.

In the last few hours, due to the critical situation that the province is going through, the Government deployed new resources in the areas affected by the fire. In addition to what was sent days ago, 32 new firefighters and highly specialized technical personnel were mobilized from the National Parks Administrationalong with a minibus and two pick-up trucks. For its part, the SNMF will deploy a new helicopter.

Meanwhile, and according to a report from the National Commission for Space Activities (CONAE)around 43,000 hectares have already been burned in the area, but if the entire province is taken into account, almost 70,000 hectares have been affected so far this year. As has been happening since the forest fires began, the strong wind made it difficult for firefighting planes and helicopters to fly.

According to reports from the Government of the province, it is expected that on this day the fires will spread towards San Marcos Mountains already the region of Small Mountains.

Source: Ambito

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