Brigade members continued fighting two sources of forest fires that remained active in the Punilla valley and in the Sierras Chicas area, in the province of Córdoba, reported the province’s Risk Management Secretariat.
Active foci remain in the zone of La Cumbre and in the towns of Huerta Grande, La Falda and Villa Giardino.
“Work continues on the two fires that affect the provincial territory. The lookout plane proceeds to fly over the affected sectors to carry out an evaluation of the extinction tasks to be executed”indicated the Cordovan body through its official Twitter account.
Brigade members continued this morning fighting the two outbreaks of forest fires that remained active in the Punilla Valley and in Sierras Chicas, in the province of Córdoba, the province’s Risk Management Secretariat reported.
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In addition, the Secretariat indicated that “the danger of danger for the development of forest fires it remains extreme throughout the provincial territory.”
“It works in the Pueblo Nativo area. It presents activity on one of the slopes of the mountain”, specified the Ministry of Security of Cordoba, on which the Risk Management Secretariat depends.
In a statement, it was also indicated that the focus that extends in the area of Ascochinga-La Pampa is still active.
Weather conditions They have improved in the last few days. in the province and alerts for strong winds do not apply that had complicated the panorama of fires.
Important operation in the mountains of Tucuman
A team made up of Volunteer Firefighters, agents from the province of Tucumán and local and national security forces carry out an operation to open a path and gain access to a wooded area in the southeast of the province that is being affected by three outbreaks of forest fires, caused by huntersofficial sources reported.
“Forest Brigade members of the Civil Defense Directorate, Monteros Volunteer Firefighters, members of the Tucumán Police and the National Gendarmerie, together with baqueanos from the area, have been working since Friday to open a 3,000 linear meter path and be able to extinguish three fires. registered on the slopes of the hills located southeast of the Monument to the Indian”, indicated the Tucumán Emergency Committee.
“The fires, which affect a jungle area of difficult access on a sloping terrain, would have been caused by the activity of hunters who came to the area by an old horse trail”Fernando Torres, Director of Civil Defense
The director of Provincial Civil Defense, Fernando Torres, said: “The fires, which affect a jungle area of difficult access on a sloping terrain, would have been caused by the activity of hunters who came to the area by an old path of horses that was closed by vegetation.
“Since the area is surrounded by precipices, the brigade members cannot reach the place with air transport,” the official explained.
The staff is setting up an Emergency Operations Center in an area known as Long Beachat 800 meters above sea level, close to El Indio to open a path through the mountains and transport supplies with horses.
