The igneous focus of the Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve is “totally controlled”, although cooling and prevention tasks continue, since “due to the heat and the drought there is always the risk of new outbreaks proliferating”They officially reported today.
Authorities from the CABA Environment Secretariat explained that despite the fact that the fire is under control, actions must be carried out that “consist mainly of cooling tasks and visual inspection to detect, check and prevent the fire from spreading again.”
For their part, volunteer firefighters from the San Telmo neighborhood indicated to telam that the troops are working in the place “to guard the ashes and carry out cooling tasks.”
According to the inspections carried out by the fire team of the City of Buenos Aires, a “normal panorama” was recorded, although tours of the affected areas continued to be carried out “to extinguish any active remains.” The inspections were carried out with air support, especially in the area of the Camino de los Plumerillos, Camino de los Lagartos and Camino del Medio of the Ecological Reserve.
In turn, a crew of City Firefighters fed by a tanker unit, worked this Monday on the Camino del Medio, where they attacked with two 38-millimeter lines, in order to carry out tasks of cooling and extinguishing small sources, according to sources. of the Buenos Aires City Police. On the other hand, in the Camino de los Lizards, another two fire crews operated with one line of attack each, both fed by another tanker unit.
This afternoon, the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, toured the Reserve and recognized “the commitment and professionalism” with which all the forces of the emergency system worked together to fight the fires that affected the green lung since last week riverside of the City, added the official statement.
Larreta thanked the work of the personnel of the Reserve, Firefighters and City Police, Volunteer Firefighters, Forest Fire Brigade, SAME and Civil Defense along with Federal Police Firefighters.
