The fire in Gualeguay continues active. (Photo: Twitter @fireman)

Members of the brigade managed to contain the fires In currents there Buenos Airesbut they signed up active lights in three other provinces and the situation is still alarming, since Between Rios, La Pampa there chubut present important points for reflection.

According to the latest report from the National Fire Management Service (SNMF), a fire is active in the area of GualeguayBetween Ríos, which touches the regions of The bronze there Featured 1. On site, they worked with a helibalde helicopter. The fire is however brought under control. The walleye there without changeas well as the one that affected the region of boy arm e Flying Club Island.

Members of the brigade working on the fires in Entre Ríos.  (Photo: Entre Ríos Department of Environment)
Members of the brigade working on the fires in Entre Ríos. (Photo: Entre Ríos Department of Environment)

Chubut, on the other hand, also has an igneous point in the region of Puerto Madrynwhile the homes of The hole, Futaleufu there Hair they were controlled. Brigade members also managed to contain the fire by the stony.

La Pampa is another of the provinces that are still affected by the flames, since the fire is still active in Loventue. Likewise, they succeeded in containing the advance of the fire by Hucal there Lhuel Calel.

After long weeks of recording from various active sources and after the fire had ravaged more than 100,000 hectares, the members of the brigade managed to contain the fire in the departments of Ituzaingo, Design there St. Miguelthis means that “the fire maintains its activity, but due to the work carried out, the advance of the fire has been stopped”, as he explained to telam the SNMF. In addition, the flames were extinguished in Mburucuyaregion of paddock cross.

91% of the burned territory in Corrientes were estuaries.  (Photos: Twitter @AMBLUISM)
91% of the burned territory in Corrientes were estuaries. (Photos: Twitter @AMBLUISM)

To fight the fire, a helicopter was used to transport personnel from the Department of Defenseas well as the assistance of NEA National Brigade.

The province of Buenos Aires managed to contain the igneous tip by ride beautifulas well as fire control in Campana, berazategui there Pillar.

The situation in Black River it has also improved, with two of the five outbreaks declared extinct. These are the fires that were recorded in Bariloche and in General Conese. The remaining three avellaneda, Saint Anthonyand the sector of Circumvallationhave been controlled, in the case of the first two, and contained, in the case of the last.

Land of Fire managed to control the flames Tolhuinspecifically in the region of Carmen Vieja and Del Lainez-Tolhuin.

Although the flames are still consuming part of the Fuegian territory, the government of Tierra del Fuego has decided to grant exceptions to the total ban on lighting fires in wild places, so they are considering applying for special permits for sawmills and certain tourism-related activities, such as camping and adventure tours.

Despite the qualifications they will grant, the Ministry of Production and Environment clarified that the exceptions will have to respect certain conditions of restriction such as the use of approved bottled gas heaters.

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The decision to ban lighting a fire came following the large forest fire that broke out in November last year in the nature reserve “heart of the island“, but “the needs of certain product sectors with the economic implications of the prohibition of their activities” led the authorities to give in with this policy, according to the Secretary of the Environment, Eugenie Alvarez.

Through a press release, he also clarified that the work of the loggers produced a large accumulation of waste from their raw material which “represents a fire hazard”. These authorizations will only be valid for a period of time and may be modified, suspended or revoked by the corresponding environmental authority who will make this decision based on weather conditions or other justified reasons.

This new measure will also oblige people who start a fire to “make available the means and resources necessary for its fight and its subsequent extinction”.

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