2024-02-13 16:55:27
Ehe fire in Los Alerces National Park is still active and has more intense outbreaks, both at the head of the fire and on the flanks and tail. The total area affected amounted to 8,205 hectares, according to information from the daily report of the park’s Unified Command and the Provincial Fire Management Service of the Chubut Forest Secretariat.
During Tuesday’s day, 336 combatants are working on the line and 18 Forest Fire Brigades (BIF) are expected to arrive.and the central region; 12 from the province of Santiago del Estero and 22 from the NEA National Brigade of the National Fire Management Service (SNMF).
“The field personnel work to secure the perimeter of the fire with hand tools and water lines to minimize risks of new outbreaks; while overflights will be maintained for general monitoring of hot spots, complementing the observation with drone and fixed camera equipment,” they detailed in the official report.
In the operation, actions are combined between personnel stationed in the field and auxiliary resources, such as aircraft and road machinery, and the SNMF, for its part, coordinated the alternating operation of helicopters for personnel transport and hydrant planes.
He forecast for this Tuesday is not very encouragingr, since it foresees winds of 20 to 30 km/h from the northern sector, which will rotate during the morning to the western sector, while the temperature will continue to rise, with a predicted maximum of 30 degrees and a minimum relative humidity of 10%, with partial cloudiness.
The authorized tourist services operate normally, but there is a “restriction for navigation in the sector of Lake Futalaufquen between the South head and Punta Mattos”, reported the unified command.
Furthermore, they recommend drive with “extreme caution” on the section of Provincial Route 71 by the circulation of emergency vehicles.
Fire in Los Alerces park: 20 days of combat
It should be remembered that the fires in Los Alerces They started 20 days ago. On the night of January 25, it began with two very close spotlights one from the other, near the “El Centinela” stream, on the upper part of the Chubut mountain range.
From there it extended until it exceeded its limits, which became an “interjurisdictional” incident. That is why to combat it, a command was formed unified with the participation of personnel from national and provincial entities.
With information from Télam
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