According to the military, the incident was completely extinguished in a combined effort with the Environment
The Dominican Republic Air Force reported that it helped put down the iforest fire of new valley with the shipment of three of the newly acquired UH-1H/II helicopters. The fire was registered in the part that adjoins Constanza, La Vega province.
In a document it indicated that the vehicles are equipped with devices “Bambi Bucket”with a capacity of up to 1,300 liters of water for large claims.
With this, he exposes in the text, supports the work of the Ministry of the Environment.
According to his information, the mission, which accumulated 23 discharges, had a cumulative time of nine hours and 20 minutes, contributed significantly to quelling the incident that affected this important protected area of the country for days.
In this way, with the support of the Dominican Republic Air Forcethrough its capabilities and operational readiness of its personnel, the fire was completely controlled 100%”, he assures.