New fire brigades have joined the efforts to contain the forest fires in the Paraná River Deltain the Buenos Aires district of San Pedro, which has already been burning for several days.
On its website, the National Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development reported that more than a hundred brigade members and two hydrant helicopters arrived on Saturday at the Parana Delta to join the combat of the igneous foci that extend through a good part of the region.
Around 11 emergency brigades of the Federal Police are working at the scene of the incident.as well as twenty firefighters and volunteer units from different government agencies in the province of Entre Ríos.
In addition, according to data from the Environment portfolio, in containment tasks they also work three helicopters with buckets, a monitoring and surveillance plane, and three hydrant planes belonging to the National Parks Administration.
The smoke affects several regions of the country
The day before, a series of traffic accidents were recorded on the route from Rosario to Buenos Aires as a result of the dense smoke left by the forest fires in the Parana Delta. The authorities maintain that “the air has become polluted and visibility is decreasing.”
According to the Télam news agency review, which cites SMNF sources, In recent days, intentional forest fires in the delta they have burned around 7,000 hectares of vegetation. Between January and July 2022, the Paraná protection agencies have recorded some 4,500 fires in 60,000 hectares of land, figures that exceed those recorded last year.
