US EditionArgentina declares emergency over Patagonia wildfires
- Argentina has declared an emergency in Patagonia due to wildfires that have burned over 30,000 hectares of forest.
- Around 500 firefighters have been deployed to battle the blazes in the southern province of Chubut, near the Chilean border.
- The fires have been fanned by high temperatures and strong winds at the height of summer, threatening populated areas and national parks.
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The fire does not give way. And in which it is perhaps the most critical moment since the fires (and the fight against the flames) began, almost a month ago, the National Government declared and formalized the state of emergency Ígnea for the period of one year for the provinces of Chubut, Río Negro, Neuquén and La Pampa. The announcement was made through a Decree of Necessity and Emergency. The measure, which was confirmed by the presidential s…
Fires ravage several parts of the southern hemisphere. Chile, Argentina or Australia, on the other side of the Pacific, are involved. Each time, the exceptional heat and intense drought created conditions conducive to fire departures. In Argentina, the state of emergency fire was declared on Thursday 29 January, while in the Melbourne region, the memory of the "black summer" of six years ago is in all heads.
According to experts, the forest fires in Patagonia have been the most violent in decades. Argentina's President Milei has now declared the emergency for the affected areas. Critics had previously accused him of inaction.
Since December 2025 huge forest areas have been burning in Argentina. President Javier Milei has declared the national fire emergency.
The Argentine government has declared an emergency because of the forest fires in the south of the country that have lasted for weeks.
Since December, about 450,000 hectares of forest land have burned in Chubut province and another 200,000 hectares in the national park.
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