The cause of the fire was known Miramar, which required the participation of dozens of volunteers to control it and destroyed at least 50 hectares of forest, as confirmed by local authorities.
They ensure that the responsibility of the accident in Miramar falls on a group of young people who started a barbecue in a private field of the location Who, After starting the fire, they left the place without giving notice to the relief bodies.
According to C5N, the youths arrived in the area on ATVs and set the fire in a restricted area of Miramar despite the fact that the weather conditions were not optimal at that time and the population had been warned to avoid this type of activity.
The media assured that those responsible for the fire have already been identified and The Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, was notified and is aware of the actions and repercussions in the area.
The General Alvarado firefighters managed to control the focus of the incident in the Florentino Ameghino municipal dune nursery, generated on Thursday and intensified on Friday, when the temperature exceeded 40 degrees in the AMBA (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area).
The heat and the wind complicated the panorama in Miramar and the ash reached the South Sea. The municipalities asked for the help of volunteers trained in forest fires to control the situation and avoid further complications.
natural losses
From the municipality of General Alvarado they reported that the fire was controlled this Saturday morning, although natural losses were confirmed in more than 50 hectares.
“The firemen of the city and of area, in addition to the Mechongué volunteers, Civil Defense personnel from the Province of Buenos Aires, municipal personnel and volunteers with knowledge of fires, managed to control the incident,” reported the municipality’s press director, Natanaél López.
The incident in the area led to the decision to cut Interbalnearia Route 11 at the height of Mar del Sur, since large trucks are working to clear the area.
