A new Forest fire of “high complexity” a few days a few days ago forested zone Pinar del Río.
The fire, which broke out on the night of April 18 In the Vigía, in the municipality of San Juan and Martínezhas already consumed more than More than 300 hectares of pine forestaccording to official sources.
“Containment work has been difficult due to wind gusts up to 45 km/hthe difficult access and a drought that exceeds 90 days without rains in the area“, He says A note of the Ministry of Interior (Minint), which cites the body of rangers of that territory.
Forces of the comprehensive agroforestry company of Pinar del Río fight the flames next to the Pinareños rangers. Buldóceres, trucks and a self -criticist, among other means, are used in that work, which includes the construction of firewoods.
Along with fire confrontation, The authorities investigate their cause And they have asked the population to “extreme measures” to prevent human and material damage.
According to official information, this fire is one of the 12 that are active at this time in Cubanine of them in the province 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 Corps of Cuba.
Last March another sinister of great proportions It affected forested areas of San Juan and Martínez. On that occasion, the fire originated in the area known as Torre Vieja and from there extended to consume more than 400 hectares.
Forest fires are frequent in Cuba, especially in the first months of the year, coinciding with the dry period. According to the authorities, your majority cause is human activitydue to negligence.
