There are 10 days of fires, #SosGuaviare to ask for help, at least 2,300 hectares burned are close to the Serranía del Chiribiquete National Natural Park.
Colombia News.
After a meeting of the Municipal Disaster Risk Management Council, the mayor of Calamar, Rohymand Giovanny Garcés, declared a red alert due to the forest fires, a #SosGuaviare in the face of the emergency they have been experiencing for 10 days.
And it is that as happens almost every year, between January and April, this 2022 has not been the exception: again, they light a candle in natural parks in Colombia.
In the statement made by the mayor, he asks for help from relief agencies and public entities.
“It is vital to activate your contingency plans to be in a position to articulate the efforts to attend and give a timely response to the community affected by the forest fires,” he called attention.
After meeting with the Risk Management Committee, we have declared a RED ALERT ? in Guaviare, due to the increase in forest fires that are already consuming more than 10,000 hectares, affecting bread crops, flora and fauna. #SosGuaviare pic.twitter.com/InH0LNuv82
– Heydeer Palace (@HeydeerPalacio) February 5, 2022
The mayor of Calamar explained that the situation is out of control, even the body of firefighters are no longer enough to cover with all the fires presented.
They felled and invaded a world heritage park in Colombia, and who is responsible?
In the Serranía de Chiribiquete National Natural Park, nearly 2,300 hectares have been affected, with the possibility of spreading throughout the park.
The fire department managed to identify 5 houses in ‘total loss’ due to the massive fires.
The urgency has led the president to make an emergency call to the departmental and national authorities to deal with the situation.
#SosGuaviare
“We ask the National Government and international cooperation agencies to help us right now here in the municipality of Calamar,” said the mayor.
The fires have been caused, and have been complicated due to the high temperatures recorded and the strong winds.
According to reports from the Ministry of the Environment, in January of this year the highest temperature in the last 10 years would have been recorded.
According to this entity, more than 3,300 outbreaks with high temperatures were recorded.
Guaviare occupying the most affected place, with at least 1,300 forest fires, thus being one of the most affected areas of the country.
NGOs, environmentalists and citizens warn: «The #ForestFires in the departments of Caquetá, Meta and Guaviare threaten the integrity of the Amazonian ecosystems».
They ask the country to join the national call “for our forests” #They’re Burning The Amazon #SOSGuaviare #SOSAmazonas»
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