July 28, 2024, 1:09 PM
July 28, 2024, 1:09 PM
Bolivia has this Sunday 10,410 hot spotswith Santa Cruz being the department that concentrates the majority, 9,023, followed by Beni, with 1,317; Pando, with 43; and La Paz, with 27.
“More than 95% of the hot spots are concentrated between the departments of Santa Cruz and Beni. And this has a logical explanation. They are not complying with the administrative resolution to suspend clearing and burning of partizales,” said the Vice Minister of Civil Defense, Juan Carlos Calvimontes in an interview with Bolivia Tv.
The vice minister regretted the situation, even more so because of the weather conditions that are conducive to generating large-scale fires and out of control. “We are talking about rising temperatures, dry vegetation and gusts of wind that in some regions go from moderate to strong, ranging from 30 to more than 60 kilometers per hour,” the authority listed.
This Sunday, July 28th there is seven active firesAccording to Calvimontes, none of the incidents are out of control, justifying the fact that on Friday during an overflight with the governor of Santa Cruz and his technical teams, they ruled out any extreme situation.
And he focused on Roboré, where there were voices warning of a latent risk, especially from indigenous communities. Calvimontes confirmed the fires, but said they were controlled in time.
“We have only one point of a Fire that is heading towards the Tucabaca mountain range“We are waiting for it to reach a much more operable place. At this moment the helicopter should already be working and we estimate that between today and tomorrow this could be completely suppressed,” he said.
He also explained that the bioceanic highway is ready, as well as the railway line, which is also ready. “It was said that a tourist center, Aguascalientes was at risk“We’ve flown over it and there’s absolutely no chance that any fire in the area can reach it.”
The authority said that the majority of the smoke reaching Santa Cruz is the result of the burning of grasslands in the department of Beni.
Processes that burn
Calvimontes stressed that there are people identified as having set the fire and that they already have administrative proceedings against them. Six are facing criminal proceedings and three are in custody because they have been found ‘red-handed’ in the area trying to set fire.
“They say that they set fires for clearing purposes or to burn pastures, and investigations will surely determine the real reason.”
He also reported the discovery of two charred bodies on the road to Roboré, on the side of the highway. “This incident is being investigated, surely at the time the Police and the Prosecutor’s Office will give information because there are some elements that They have no relation to the fact that this vehicle could have been burned by the forest fire.“.
He concluded by stressing that no situation is out of control, but acknowledging that the origin of the fires is a cause for concern.Almost 100% of these are caused by poor fire management.a product of clearing and burning of pastures.
