Despite the fact that in recent days the weather has given a truce to Bogotans and in the mornings the sun has risen a little more, emergencies due to falling trees continue in the city due to the winter wave that crosses the country for the phenomenon of The girl.
This was how during the morning of this Tuesday, June 14, at the height of the Carrera 9 with Calle 140town of Usaquena school route was affected by a falling tree that injured three people who had to be treated by ambulances.
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The emergency was dealt with by the fire station. Mahoganyin charge of cutting and bucking the tree that fell on the vehicle, while the area remained secure and with restricted mobility.
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It should be noted that a few weeks ago the Ministry of the Environment announced that so far this year there has been a drop in 522 trees in the capital because of the heavy rains.
How to identify that a tree represents risk?
According to the entity, citizens can be alert when they see that a tree has the following characteristics:
- Permanent ponding at the base of the tree.
- dead branches.
- Leaning, cracks or splits in the trunk.
- Cavities, fungi or rot in the trunk or branches.
- Considerable damage from a crash.
- There are fallen and/or dead trees around.
- Presence of rodents is observed at the base of the tree.
