The government of the province of Santa Fe began on Monday, January 10, the fight against fire in natural environments, as a result of fires registered in the area of the riverbank of the carcarañá river that affect the towns of Timbúes, Oliveros and Pueblo Andino.
That day, in the afternoon, the Emergency Care and Prevention Brigade of the Civil Protection and Risk Protection Secretariat, Zapadores Firefighters and Volunteer Firefighters worked together to control the flames that have been threatening the residents of the localities located on the banks of the Carcarañá river.
Although the residents of the area denounced that the fires started on December 17, in recent days the outbreaks have intensified and they took the vegetation on the verge of the water course that crosses the central-austral sector of that province.
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In some cases, fires came to affect areas of natural reservessince the banks of the Carcarañá river are protected natural areas.
As reported Telam, Faced with this situation, from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change local police reported that sanction processes and complaints were initiated “taking into account the disposition of the sources at different points, which could be intentional.”
In this line, they highlighted that “the present climatic conditions of drought, high temperatures, low relative humidity and changing winds, added to a great availability of medium and coarse biofuel, generate that the area continues to be at risk, for which it is recommended to take extreme precautions, avoiding lighting fires of any kind”.
And in turn, they reported that inspections were carried out on the open-air dumps in the affected area.yes by igneous sources and the communes were notified in order to take extreme measures to prevent fires and their spread.
It should be remembered that according to In a report published last Sunday by the National Fire Management Service, forest fires were recorded in the provinces of Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Río Negro and Córdoba.
Between rivers It is the province with the largest number of active fire sources with four, located in Gualeguay (La Vuelta and El Nuevo), Federal (Falucho), Federación (Charlie) and Concordia (El Duraznal).
Meanwhile, the flames in Gualeguaychú (Estancia Nueva) are “controlled”, while in Gualeguay (El Asalto) and Federal (El Sauce) they are “contained” and “extinguished”, respectively.
According to the service under the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, forest fires are active in San Antonio (Campo Fabián Calabro, SAO Salinas, El Gauchito and Las Grutas) in Río Negro; and Cruz del Axis (La Higuera); San Lorenzo (Campo Timbo) in Santa Fe.
In Jujuy The fires in the departments of Ledesma (Firemaniac) and Santa Bárbara (Santa Clara) were controlled.
In The Pampa The flames were controlled in Utracán (La Moderna) and the fires in Pomán (Jarilla Pispa) and Capayán (Cortinas Eucalipto) were also contained. in Catamarca; Tolhuin (Old Carmen) in Tierra del Fuego; Gral. Alvear (El Molino) and Tupungato (Altamisque) in Mendoza and the flames were extinguished in San Antonio (Bahía Rosales) in Black river and Tandil (Sierra del Tigre) in the province of Buenos Aires.
And finally according to the part of the organism in currents The fire is under control in Santa Rosa (Event 1), Concepción (Events 2 and 3), San Roque (Event 4), Esquina (Event 6), Mocoretá (Event 7), Duraznillo (Event 8), San Luis (Event 10 ), Loreto (Event 11), Saladas (Event 14), and Santo Tomé (Event 17), while it is contained in Mercedes (Laguna Trin / Laguna Medina) and Ituzaingó (Ñupy 2).
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