Ecuador's capital, Quito, recorded 22 forest fires in 24 hours - La Prensa Latina Media

Ecuador's capital, Quito, recorded 22 forest fires in 24 hours - La Prensa Latina Media

Quito, Sep 7 (EFE).- The Ecuadorian capital, Quito, recorded 22 forest fires in the last 24 hours, one in Tababela, near the international airport “Mariscal Sucre,” whose operations are developing normally. The mayor of Quito, Pabel Muñoz, activated the Metropolitan Emergency Operations Committee (COE) to coordinate actions to control the forest fires. As of 06:00 a.m. local time (11:00 GMT) this Thursday, 21 fires had been attended and quelled,…

Officials say it's 'striking and very strange' that they were all produced in such a short time.