Strong winds cause trees to fall in Santa Cruz and mobilize firefighters and officials

By: Tanya Imaña Serrano

After registering gusts of wind that ranged between 60 and 90 kilometers per hour in the department of Santa Cruz, which is why the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi) launched an orange alert, the first consequences were seen in the capital Santa Cruz.

The Municipality, through the Municipal Emergency and Risk Management Department, carried out different services in the city; most of the emergencies were caused by fallen trees, which destroyed homes or obstructed roads.

The cases attended, according to their manager, Roxney Borda, were in various parts of the city, in the Neighborhoods Cooperativa Oriente (Av. Paraguá), El Fuerte, Guaracachi (5th Ring) and Old Machine (Quijarro street).

According to the municipal report, the trees were felled to prevent further damage to the affected homes, as well as to free the roads that were obstructed.

The winds are expected to continue at that speed until this Tuesday, January 18.

Ifires

However, these were not the only tasks carried out by the Municipal Emergency and Risk Management Department, according to Borda, during the day they dealt with a structural fire, between 6 de Agosto and Beni avenues, by the Arenal park area. There, together with Police Firefighters, they rescued a woman and extinguished the fire.

A grassland forest fire, in the Aqualand urbanization it was also suffocated, with the help of Fundasol. The line of fire, which had originated in a vacant lot, reached 300 meters.

The municipal firefighters also rescued a sloth, in the vicinity of the final Av. Santos Dumont, to which they took Curichi La Madre.

By: Tanya Imaña Serrano

After registering gusts of wind that ranged between 60 and 90 kilometers per hour in the department of Santa Cruz, which is why the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi) launched an orange alert, the first consequences were seen in the capital Santa Cruz.

The Municipality, through the Municipal Emergency and Risk Management Department, carried out different services in the city; most of the emergencies were caused by fallen trees, which destroyed homes or obstructed roads.

The cases attended, according to their manager, Roxney Borda, were in various parts of the city, in the Neighborhoods Cooperativa Oriente (Av. Paraguá), El Fuerte, Guaracachi (5th Ring) and Old Machine (Quijarro street).

According to the municipal report, the trees were felled to prevent further damage to the affected homes, as well as to free the roads that were obstructed.

The winds are expected to continue at that speed until this Tuesday, January 18.

Ifires

However, these were not the only tasks carried out by the Municipal Emergency and Risk Management Department, according to Borda, during the day they dealt with a structural fire, between 6 de Agosto and Beni avenues, by the Arenal park area. There, together with Police Firefighters, they rescued a woman and extinguished the fire.

A grassland forest fire, in the Aqualand urbanization it was also suffocated, with the help of Fundasol. The line of fire, which had originated in a vacant lot, reached 300 meters.

The municipal firefighters also rescued a sloth, in the vicinity of the final Av. Santos Dumont, to which they took Curichi La Madre.

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