Ecuador: Firefighters Fight Forest Fires in Capital · Global Voices
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Images of the fires show flames swallowing the trees and smoke plumes rising in the night sky, while the lights of nearby emergency vehicles flash. Strong winds and vegetation dried up by the lack of rain fuelled the fire that broke out on the Casitagua, a top of northern Quito, forcing 48 people to flee as a precautionary measure, according to the municipal authorities. "We intervene by air and on the ground to contain the fire (...) in order t…
The emergency arose at approximately 10:40 on Thursday, 17 September.
The flames continue to expand on Thursday night, September 17, in this area of Pomasqui, Quito; dozens of firefighters attend to the emergency
Ecuadornews: The Fire Corps of Quito and ECU 911 fight from land and air a forest fire cone registered this Thursday in Pusuquí, Cerro Casitagua
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