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A forest fire of great magnitude in the Serrania de Sama keeps the authorities and the population of the department of Tarija, in Bolivia, in vilo, since last Thursday, July 31. The accident originated between the municipalities of San Lorenzo and Cercado and has affected protected areas of Tarija and the department Santa Cruz, as well as has left at least two injured. READ ALSO: Bolivia simultaneously delivers 200 civil works for the Bicentenni…
Tarija, Aug 02, 2025 (ATB Digital).- The Ministry of Hydrocarbons, its vice-ministers and all the institutions and companies affiliated to that portfolio of state have been in solidarity with the department of Tarija that is affected by a forest fire in the Sama mountain range. From the installations of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) in that department they have sent hundreds of inputs to help the more than 500 people, milit…
“We can see that much of the fire has already been practically suffocated (...) We estimate that already in the course of tomorrow and after this fire would be completely controlled,” said Vice Minister Calvimontes.
The fire razes rural communities and peri-urban neighborhoods as firefighters and volunteers fight the flames with damaged equipment. More than a dozen communities and several outlying neighborhoods in Tarija face a serious emergency due to the voracious forest fire that since Thursday consumes Sama’s mountain range. The intense wind and adverse weather conditions have made containment work difficult, forcing entire families to prepare to evacua…
La Paz, 1 Aug (Press Latina) The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, moved today to the department of Tarija to head operations against a large forest fire that hits Sama's mountain range, as he wrote on social networks. The post President of Bolivia heads fire action in Tarija first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
TARIJA, 1 Aug (NOMADA NEWS). – President Luis Arce Catacora flew over the fire that affects the Sama Cordillera in the southern department of Tarija on Friday and ordered the immediate action of military, firefighter and helicopter troops to stifle that fire that threatens to leave incalculable damage. “In Tarija, we have just inspected and overflyed the areas affected by the fires. They are not alone!” wrote the First Commandant on his social n…
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