Fires Are Extinguished in Colombia, but Alarms Are Ignored

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A mountain does not burn suddenly. First it changes colour. The green begins to yield, the grass dries, the cracks lose strength and the heat turns the vegetation into fuel. Then a spark is enough: a burning, a fire, a butt or an intentional action. The smoke appears and then our well-known race against fire begins. Firefighters, cartotanks, helicopters and volunteers arrive. We are quite good at reacting to a tragedy that, many times, we had se…