He Forest fire that affects forested areas of San Juan and Martínez, in Pinar del Ríohe has continued to grow, while six other fires remain active in that Cuban province.
The incident, that It started on April 18he already covered about 460 hectares, As reported to Granma Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Pereda Burón, head of the body of rangers in the Pinareño territory.
Initially unleashed in the vigía area, the fire is located in the San Simón de las Blacks areain the municipality of San Juan and Martínez.
According to what was previously informed, forces of the agroforestry company and the Pinar del Río ranger body fought the fire with the Use of various technical media and the construction of firewoodsalthough so far it had not been controlled.
“High complexity” fire in the forest area of Pinar del Río
Pereda Burón explained to the environment that with this There are seven active fires in the province Westernmost of Cuba. The municipalities affected by the flames that remain active are mines of Matahambre, Mantua, Guane, consolation of the south and the aforementioned San Juan and Martínez.
“We have had to use forces from all municipalities to face this situation,” said the officer, according to which “the most difficult” to carry out his job “has been The wind, with gusts up to 45 kilometers per hour In most places. ”
This, he explained, causes that “the fire is sometimes crossed when we perform the technical measures.”
In addition, he referred to impact of drought on the provincefactor that served as a crop broth for the flames.
Pereda Burón commented that in recent weeks the Pinareños rangers have faced seven to eight forest fires almost dailythose who had been able to control quickly. However, he said, “the situation was complicated from last Friday.”
According to Lieutenant Colonel, in the first quarter of the year, 13 fires occurred rather than in the same period of 2024, which affected 400 hectares more than then. However, he warned that April is historically the month with more fires in the forests of Pinar del Río.
Until this weekend, they had been reported 201 forest fires in the country so far this yearaccording to the National Headquarters.
These accidents They are frequent in Cuba, especially in the first months of the yearin coincidence with the dry period. According to the authorities, your majority cause is human activitydue to negligence.
