US Edition“Extreme Danger”: 25 Houses Damaged and More than 12,000 Hectares Razed, the Devastating Effects of Fire in the South
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SAN CARLOS DE BARILOCHE.- Despite the rainfall recorded yesterday in the area of El Hoyo and Epuyén, in Chubut, the inhabitants remain on alert and the anguish does not cease. From the Secretariat of Forests of the province they warned that “the intense winds, high temperatures and low values of relative humidity will continue, generating conditions of extreme danger”.The temporary relief of the rains resulted, anyway, a sort of balm after six d…
The vice president toured the affected area and internalized herself on the operation deployed to contain the fires, in an emergency context that keeps brigade members, security forces and provincial authorities mobilized. Read more
Every time the fire and smoke appear through the forest in El Hoyo, the small town in the northwest of Chubut, Matías Vergé looks at the horizon and makes calculations: he thinks where the flames can go down, how long it could take to get there depending on the weather, he estimates how the wind will evolve, he prepares the hoses and the motorcycle pump and talks to neighbors and brigadists to go out to fight the spotlights. “You have cold, but …
The fire that broke out in Puerto Patriada last Monday quickly spread through Pirque Hill, which separates El Hoyo from Epuyén. The flames advanced along the southeast slope and swept away the house of Lucas Chiappe and his wife Jillian who settled there 50 years ago. This photographer and...
Heavy forest fires are raging in Patagonia. Almost 12,000 hectares of forest are supposed to be in flames. The weather makes extinguishing work more difficultIn Patagonia heavy forest fires are raging. Almost 12,000 hectares of forest are supposed to be in flames. The weather makes extinguishing work more difficult
After days marked by anguish, the uncontrollable advance of fire and adverse weather conditions, the Andean region experienced an unexpected turn this Sunday. The arrival of rain in different localities of Chubut, including Epuyén, Esquel, El Hoyo and Los Alerces National Park, generated a long-awaited respite in the midst of one of the most critical igneous emergencies of recent years. Images of the change of scenery, especially in Epuyén, quic…
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