2024-01-30 11:14:24
On Saturday, a forest fire broke out in the Cerrito Piñón area, in the Collón Curá department, on Route 234. Until yesterday, 200 hectares were affected. Last night there was another outbreak in the Aucapan area, which has already been controlled.
“The event It’s over, it was several days of work, with different focuses. “This meant that visibility on the route was almost zero at times, which is why the alert was issued,” reported the emergency secretary and Risk Management, Luciana Ortiz Luna.
In statements to LU5, he noted that The outbreak that occurred yesterday in Aucapan was due to a burned car.
From the Estancia Collon Cura they issued a statement regarding the fire in Cerrito Piñón. As detailed, experts would confirm that they were intentional. «We are concerned regarding the fire outbreaks that have been recorded in the area in recent days and that, according to experts, have elements that demonstrate intentionality«, they stated.
Regarding that area, Ortiz Luna pointed out that “it is a non-touristy area, with little access from the road, and there were no electric shocks.”
From the Province, they indicated that a team of fighters of 26 people from the province’s Fire Management System (PMF), volunteer firefighters from Junín de los Andes, the Patagonian Lands Foundation and the emergency department of the Lanín National Park worked.
They ask you to drive with caution in the fire area
In addition to the large presence of smoke, for which it was requested to travel with caution, Ortiz Luna warned that there are large presence of wild animals on the routes in the fire sector. “Precisely because the river is very close, wild boars and other animals tend to cross on the road,” he said.
He added that other places where there is presence of fauna on the roads are Challacó, and Route 7 between Añelo and San Patricio del Chañar.
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