The balance of the vegetation fires in recent days. The fire was intentionally set to clear land

The fire devastated almost 40% of the area of the Mitar Nakichenovich National Park, the vegetable lung of the cities of Acarigua and Araure, in a last fire reported this Sunday, March 9, in the protective zone. For hours, and until the early morning of this Monday, 10, officers of the Fire Corps had to work hard to suffocate the flames that ended with some 250 of the more than 615 hectares that make up the area decreed under the special protect…

Wildfires have been increasing dangerously recently and have claimed lives. A woman and a man have died, and a local resident and a firefighter have been seriously injured. Over 300 fires have broken out in the last three days alone.