Parallel to the Earthquake, Colombia Records More than 30 Active Fires
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The department reached 35 municipalities on red alert and up to 31 active fires in a single day, affecting, so far, about 11,000 hectares. Despite the weekend rain, 10 ignitions are still reported.
Until August 14, the National Risk Management Unit (Ungrd) reports 32 active fires, 2 controlled and 63 extinct. The departments where they are grouped are Huila, Santander, Antioquia, Cesar, Quindío, Nariño and Tolima.
Apart from addressing the effects of the earthquake of August 10, which already leaves 294 people dead and another 320 missing, the new government must face the emergence of forest fires. At the end of August 14, the National Risk Management Unit (Ungrd) records 32 active fires, 2 controlled and 63 liquidated. The departments where they are concentrated are Tolima, Nariño, Quindío, Cesar, Antioquia, Santander, Norte de Santander and Huila. #UNGR…
One of the hot spots that remains active is in the municipality of San Luis, where the emergency will be handled with the support of aircraft from the National Police
Tolima advances in the control of the emergency by forest fires, although the department now faces the challenge of recovering about 11,000 hectares of vegetation affected by the conflagrations and supporting families who lost crops and livelihoods. According to the most recent balance of the Environment Secretariat and ... The post Emergency in the Tolima leaves 11,000 hectares affected appeared first on ::Tolima Online::.
Forest fires in Tolima. Photo: Gobernación del Tolima Another of the emergencies facing the country is concentrated in the department of Tolima, where the authorities keep active the mechanisms of response to the presence of about 30 forest fires that remain active in different municipalities. The situation has forced to concentrate specialized personnel, ground equipment, air resources and other operational elements in the areas identified as p…
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