2024-02-09 22:10:00
The brigade members continue fighting to control the fire in the Tristeza arm in the Nahuel Huapi national park which remains active four days following its start. The electrical storm announced by the National Meteorological Service (SMN) is expected to fall in the steppe area, reported by the Forest Fire Prevention and Fighting Service (Splif).
From the Nahuel Huapi National Park iThey informed users to be careful due to a thunderstorm alert. «We reiterate the electrical storm alert issued by the National Meteorological Service for today. “It is requested to drive with caution and take the appropriate precautions in the face of this climatic contingency,” they expressed in a statement.
For their part, they pointed out that, Within the protected area, these types of storms generate a high risk for visitors. “Not only due to lightning strikes in public use areas, but also due to the abrupt growth of rivers and streams as a result of abundant rainfall.”
Finally, they highlighted: “It is under the absolute responsibility of visitors and residents not to respect the indications, to be attentive and to inform themselves regarding the closure of trails and areas.”
Bariloche and the fire in the Nahuel Huapi park: how the control of the fire in the Brazo Tristeza continues
The head of the Bariloche Forest Fire Prevention and Fighting Service, Orlando Báez reported that the electrical storm is expected to Do not fall in the fire zone but in the steppe.
He also indicated that the timing of the storm would be 8-9 p.m. and that it would not bring precipitation as had been announced at one time.
“We were hopeful because the first information was that it was bringing rain. Now, in the last few hours we were informed that it is very low probability of precipitation and high lightning discharge,” he indicated.
The referent pointed out that the 25 Splif brigade members are working on the left flank of the fire, “they have practically surrounded it with a line and wet perimeter,” he explained.
Until yesterday, the information on the affected hectares was 550. “Today we will see, once the staff comes down and the technical area of the park does the mapping with satellite images if this held or the fire damage increased,” he explained.
Báez commented that the brigade members begin their task from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with rotating guards.
“At night we are not working because it is a very closed place and with a lot of slope. In recent days what has happened to us is that we have a lot of rolling material such as the trunks of the trees themselves or hot rocks that come loose,” he said.
He also stressed that the fire is still not contained. The brigade members who are fighting the fire are from the Bariloche Central, 5 are from the Valley (Conesa and Beltrán) and 5 are from the Bolsón Central.
For their part, they pointed out that from the 8 air operations began.
“We appreciate the collaboration of providers, individuals, and the Argentine Naval Prefecture, playing a fundamental role in the transfer of the Combatants from the first day,” they concluded in the official statement.
Bariloche and the fire in Nahuel Huapi park: good weather helped fight the flames this Thursday
He fire in the arm Sadness from the Nahuel Huapi national park remains active four days following its start. During the dayOn Wednesday the fire did not exceed the defense lines built on Tuesday and the The rainfall that was recorded quelled the fire outbreaks thus allowing the progress of control tasks. Brigade members from different parts of Río Negro arrived in Bariloche to provide support.
For this Thursday, brigade members of General Conesa and Luis Beltrán They joined the tasks to get along with the More than 35 brigade members, helicopters, boats and volunteer firefighters are working at the scene.
In the last report, the national park administration reported that the aerial means participating in the device had to suspend their operations around noon due to lack of visibility, although hours later, at 3 p.m., they resumed activities.
On the other hand, it was indicated that, despite the visibility limitations, the complementation of the tasks by the aircraft, together with the work of the crews on the ground, allowed us to meet “the goals set for the day of hoy «based on the consolidation of the defense lines built days ago.
The combatants, meanwhile, remained in place until 6 p.m., when the withdrawal began.
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