US EditionArgentina Battles Widespread Wildfires in Patagonia, Evacuating Thousands of Tourists
Authorities deployed hundreds of firefighters and six water-bombing planes to combat blazes fueled by drought, strong winds, and high temperatures, officials said.
- Hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires in Patagonia, fueled by high temperatures, strong winds and drought conditions, evacuating over 3,000 tourists from Puerto Patriada lake resort.
- At least one of the fires was caused by arson, prompting the governor of Chubut province to offer a reward of 50 million pesos for information on the culprits.
- Wildfires raged across the Patagonian provinces of Chubut, Neuquen, Santa Cruz, Rio Negro, and southern Buenos Aires, burning nearly 32,000 hectares in January and February last year.
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At least 3,000 tourists were evacuated due to fires that devour thousands of hectares of forest in different parts of Argentinian Patagonia, authorities reported on Wednesday, a year after the region's worst forest fires in three decades.
According to the authorities, the departure of fire would be voluntary. Hundreds of firefighters are trying to contain the disaster.
At least 3,000 tourists have been evacuated to southern Argentina because of the multiple fires that ravage thousands of hectares in Patagonia, the worst forest fires in the region in three decades.
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