In the town of Pago de los Deseos, which is located 125 kilometers from the capital of the province of currents and in Santa Rosa, 159 kilometers from the provincial capital, sources of fire occurred that affected the rural region and an area of farms, respectively.
Homes and native fauna of the area were also affected. Province. The director of Forest Resources of currents, Roberto Rojas, clarified that the extinguishing of fires “is being coordinated by Civil Defense, but the people who are on guard for ashes reported that it is controlled and the guard will remain due to weather conditions.”
He also explained that a forest that was implanted in the Provincebut rural areas of currents because the fire took the crop residues and ended by saying that the area is still being surveyed, to estimate the damage.
In the other area that affected villas, Civil Defense was deployed to control the fire together with the local fire forces that fought against the flames.
NFMS report
On the other hand, the National Fire Management Service (SNMF) reported in its daily report that there are active sources of fires in another five provinces, which are: Jujuy, Catamarca, Córdoba, La Rioja and Entre Ríos. In turn, there are sources of controlled fires in Jujuy, Catamarca, Córdoba and Chubut.
The active sources of forest fires affected the regions of Ledesma (Piromaníaco and Palo Blanco) and Palpalá (Las Cabañas and S/N 2) in Jujuy; Capayán (Adaluga Letoh) from Catamarca; Pocho (Alto El Durazno, Santa Rosa) from Cordoba; Chilecito (Guanchín), General Manuel Belgrano (S/N) and Rosario Vera Peñaloza (Paraje Corralito) from La Rioja; Victoria (Jazmín), from Entre Ríos and Salada (Payment of wishes) from Corrientes.
Lastly, the controlled foci are in the regions: Santa Bárbara (S/N 3) from Jujuy; Capital (Aladdin’s Lamp) from Catamarca; Pocho (Salsacate – Río Hondo) from Cordoba and Tehuelche (Calabozos) from Chubut. They also extinguished two sources of forest fires in Entre Ríos.
