Arequipa, Peru – several Forest fires remain active in Pinar del Río this Sunday due to the extreme drought of this time of the year, the state said Guerrilla newspaper Through Facebook.
The fires in the municipality of Mantua consume “part of the forests, the fauna and endanger peasant homes and houses to cure tobacco,” says the official report.
The journalist Lázaro Boza, who has closely followed the facts, lamented “several claims in a few days” that have caused losses in the forest heritage of the province. Preliminary data account for around 160 hectares affected.
“Last night we slept in the hill of Fana, accompanying the operators of the heavy machinery that rectified the trails to prevent the passage of the flames until that height of the massif, regularly beaten by the fire of each season,” said the reporter.
The note points out that the combined forces of the tobacco. Firefightersthe Forestry Company, the body of rangers and other collaborators fought all night to eliminate the spotlights of this fire and the one originated in kilometer 19.
“Today, at 11:00 am it seemed under control. We will have to wait for the cessation of the strong winds of this afternoon,” said Boza this Saturday. However, an update of this April 20 showed that the fires remain active.
Persistent drought and lack of resources in Cuba for fire prevention continue to be critical factors that affect the safety of the forest and agricultural sector.
Last February, a medium -sized fire consumed about 250 hectares of pasture in the municipality of La Sierpe, Sancti Spíritus province, according to A report of the official newspaper Escambray.
The incident occurred in the afternoon and extended until the immediate vicinity of the town’s photovoltaic solar park, which, according to the authorities, did not suffer damage and continues in operation.
Carlos Gutiérrez Rodríguez, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in La Sierpe, confirmed that “the intense drought of the place, fundamentally dedicated to the grazing of cattle, caused the rapid propagation of the fire, despite the existence of firewood trails.” However, the authorities assured that there were no effects on animals or other infrastructure in the area.
