US EditionArgentina declares emergency over Patagonia wildfires
- Argentina declared an emergency due to wildfires in Patagonia that have affected vast areas since the Southern Hemisphere summer.
- At least 45,000 hectares of forest have burned in Chubut province since mid-January, affecting an area similar to San Francisco.
- The emergency will facilitate cooperation between provincial and national firefighters in Chubut, Rio Negro, Neuquen, and La Pampa provinces.
- Cold weather and drizzle recently helped firefighters, as noted by Ignacio Cabello, who mentioned that the weather conditions assisted in battling the flames.
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Since December, about 450,000 hectares of forest land have burned in Chubut province and another 200,000 hectares in the national park.
In the midst of pressure from the Patagonian governors, the government confirmed that it will move forward with the signing of a UND declaring the igneous emergency in the provinces of Chubut, Río Negro, Neuquén and La Pampa. As the NATION was able to anticipate, the measure was completed during the meeting in Casa Rosada of the political table, headed by the Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni. There, it was decided to allocate resources to deal with…
Andrés Nápoli, executive director of FARN, said that the Executive implemented only 75% of the budget for fire management in the last year and that the national funds approved by Congress to prevent and combat forest fires were cut by 71% in 2026.
The Government of Argentina confirmed the declaration of igneous emergency against fires in the provinces of Patagonia.
The Political Table met at Casa Rosada, where they studied the request of the Patagonian governors and believe that the urgency of the case warrants a decree. In the interior region, meanwhile, the climate complicates the combat of the fire that has already razed with 45,000 hectares
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