The Armed Forces will intervene in the fight against the fires in the Paraná Delta

The fires They advance through the Paraná Delta and the situation led the Government to order the intervention of the Armed Forces, which will work together with local entities to put out the fire that has the surrounding residents and the regions affected by the smoke concerned.

The governor of Santa Fe, Omar Perotti, asked President Alberto Fernández for help after the fires transported a dense smoke that reached the City of Buenos Aires. “The Secretary of Military Emergency Coordination, Inés Barboza, and a team of specialist advisers are on site evaluating the situation and organizing support tasks,” explained the Ministry of Defense in reference to the casualties.

The Armed Forces will intervene in the fight against the fires in the Paraná Delta — Local authorities called for urgent help due to the rapid spread of the fire.

Support to extinguish fires is also by air means, three medium helicopters have been deployed and moved more than 1,600 brigade members to the areas of the outbreaks and a field aerodrome was established with aeronautical fuel tankers.

In the next few hours, the reconnaissance flights will continue to establish new tasks and define the coordination that will allow increasing the efforts to mitigate the fire. The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development registers fifteen active fires so far.

Many fires could be set for agricultural purposes.

The governor of Santa Fe asked the Armed Forces to contribute to the patrolling of the areas near the firesgiven that the local operations deployed to respond to the emergency were insufficient.