Tolima: 22 Forest Fires Still Active in the Middle of El Niño
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More than 15,000 hectares have been affected in a week. The El Niño phenomenon begins to show its consequences in Colombia
This morning the fire intensified in Gualanday, coregiamiento de Coello, Tolima. The department has 22 active forest fires in 13 municipalities and the Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Lara, said that 150 firefighters are already working to control them. To them will be added another 90 that are mobilized from Jamundí, Tuluá, the East Antioqueño, Bogotá and Huila. As Minister of the Interior I inform the country about the serious situation of f…
A team of 28 members, between forest firefighters and administrative personnel, will travel to the department to support control of La entrada VIDEO More reinforcements against fire: Bogotá sends 26 forest firefighters to Tolima appeared first in Public Journalism.
In the town of Gualanday, district of the department of Tolima, Colombia, there was a forest fire of great proportions in the vicinity of the Training Center of the National Police (Cenop), whose extension according to the authorities, would have destroyed 300 hectares of vegetation. Due to the gusts of wind the fire swept away with lands near the police institution. The dry vegetation in the surrounding areas made possible its rapid spread gene…
Governor Adriana Matiz remained until dawn coordinating the work to control the forest fires that hit the department. The emergency for the forest fires in Tolima intensified during the afternoon and night of Thursday, especially in areas of Coello and San Luis, where the flames threatened homes, infrastructure and rural areas. ... The post Tolima, at the limit of the fires: 22 conflagrations threaten homes and thousands of hectares appeared fir…
The most intense front is located in the area of Gualanday, municipality of Coello, where the flames have not been controlled
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