They attack with blows and throw stones at the vehicle that was transporting President Alberto Fernández | VIDEO

Dozens of people attacked the vehicle carrying the president with blows and stones this Saturday Argentinian Alberto Fernandez in the province of Chubut, where he traveled to verify the damage of gigantic forest fires, according to images from local television.

When leaving a community center in the town of Lake Puelo, the president had to be protected by a human corridor before the advance of the demonstrators towards the presidential entourage.

The angry protesters then stopped the passage of the truck in which it was traveling Fernandez, hitting the vehicle with his fists and throwing stones that caused the glass to break, as can be seen in the images of the TN chain and the Clarín newspaper.

Faced with a scant police presence, the mob managed to stop the vehicles accompanying the Fernandez for several minutes, even throwing himself against the hood of the presidential van. After the vehicle that was transporting the president was released, several vans were seen leaving at high speed among the protesters.

Fernandez plans to visit the area of ​​fires on Saturday that leave one dead, 11 missing, dozens of evacuees and more than 200 houses destroyed by the flames that hit the forest and lake region of Patagonia this week argentina.

The fires, allegedly intentional according to the authorities, broke out at the beginning of the week reaching the towns of Lago Puelo, El Bolsón, El Maitén, Epuyén, Futaleufú, El Hoyo and Las Golondrinas, near the foothills of the Andes. “There are 1,500 hectares of native forest consumed”, According to Civil Defense reports.

Press versions speak of up to 15,000 hectares.

The charred corpse of a rural worker, who had been missing since Tuesday, was found in the town of El Maitén, local authorities reported on Friday.

“The fire reached more than two hundred homes and there are still eleven people of whom we do not know the whereabouts“The Minister of the Environment, Juan Cabandié, told reporters at the time, updating the number of missing persons, which stood at 15 on Wednesday.

In the provinces of Chubut, Río Negro and Neuquén, affected by the fires, dozens of brigade members are operating with the support of fire trucks, fire hydrants and helicopters to contain the flames.

A forest fire burns in the province of Chubut, Argentina, on March 9, 2021 in this still image obtained from a video filmed by a drone. (Mariano Sylvester / REUTERS). (MARIANO SYLVESTER /)

According to the minister, “the intentionality of the fires is manifested from the simultaneity at the beginning in seven localities, which in a period of three hours had a fire. It was very planned”.

Legal experts begin to work to determine responsibilities.

The fires last year devoured tens of thousands of hectares in Argentina. They were caused by the hand of man, mostly for speculative purposes for planting or real estate, according to authorities.

This week’s flares left “tremendous damage”Said the minister. “There is no water in Lago Puelo, Epuyén, El Maitén or Las Golondrinas. There is no electricity”.