This Monday, the GOVERNMENT OF SANTA CRUZ declared red alert for the forest fires that affect the department. The measure was announced by the Director of Natural Resources, Paulo Viruez.
The Crupeña region currently records Seven forest firesin addition to 165 active heat spotlights to date.
“With this, the activation of the municipal COEMs proceeds to be able to Have the resources and personnel necessary for the attention to these forest fires in their respective municipalities. Similarly, we request the approval of contingency and emergency plans, “according to the Risk and Emergency Attention Law, Viruez said, emphasizing that to date There are 26 municipalities with high, very high, and extreme levels of occurrence of forest fires.
“As a governorate of Santa Cruz, we are totally committed to the fight of forest fires, control, mitigation, and their total liquidation, however, The responsibility of this is from everyone“, the director of natural resources reinforced.
For his part, Governor Luis Fernando Camacho informed that this week he will move to the most affected areas: San Ignacio, San Matías and Puerto Suárez, to deliver food and emergency equipment.
“I go to San Ignacio And I return to Wednesday’s audience. And for Thursday I return to attend fires in the Chiquitania. We are going with help and all the donation that the United States embassy has given us, ”Camacho told the press.
On September 5, through social networks, the authority indicated that the Government was prioritizing and extreme resources for face fire. As part of the fire fighting plan, he ordered that assigned vehicles to the office of the governor, vice governor, secretaries and assembly members are immediately used in the emergency care.
The fires cannot continue to win, so I have instructed to be given priority and the resources available to the Government to combat fire in our forests are extreme.
I have instructed that, within the Comprehensive Fighting Plan, the … pic.twitter.com/hxn8ognmb8
– Luis Fernando Camacho (@luisfercamachov) SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
Before this, on September 1, the organization Chiquitanas wings presented a letter addressed to Camacho, in which he demanded “instruct Immediate measures of correction, transparency and accountability ”.
“Despite our repeated public and formal complaints, we never received official response from the Exercise governancewhich aggravates the situation and can constitute an act of cover -up, complicity or institutional negligence, ”warned the document about the Mario Aguilera Governoratewho did not respond to their demands.
