The fire in the Tolhuin Nature Reserve continues to consume hectares of native forest and remains active in different foci that are being fought by 85 brigades of the National Fire Management Service and the support of heavy machinery and hydrant planes.
TOLHUIN.- Due to the intense deployment required to attack the fire unleashed 14 days ago in the Heart of the Island Nature Reserve, in the next few hours another 20 SNMF brigade members and Marines will arrive in the province to monitor the affected areas.
The task deployed by hydrant planes in the area of the fires.
According to the national fire report until yesterday in Tolhuin, two helicopters with helibalde and a hydrant plane belonging to the SNMF and the two hydrant planes provided by the province were still operating, while 85 combatants and technical and logistical support personnel affected by firefighting belonging to the Southern National Brigade work. to the National Parks Administration, the Centro National Brigade and the province of Córdoba convened by the SNMF, together with provincial personnel. The Argentine Federal Police also provides support with a car bomb and technical support is provided with weather forecast for planning.
Deputy Environment Minister Sergio Federovisky indicated that "we also have air resources in reserve in case it was necessary and that they are available" and added that "The situation today is a little calmer compared to previous days, much less wind has blown, without this meaning that it is definitively controlled. "
In its daily report on the environmental catastrophe unleashed in the Heart of the Island Reserve, the provincial government reported that "In La Rinconada they worked making a firebreak line and there were two restarts that were controlled. On Tuesday, work was carried out until the last minute in spotlights in front of the Carmen Vieja ranch, where less activity was verified than the previous day. The wind direction conditions favored the tasks and a fairly stable perimeter was observed in overflight. And in sector 2 of Rio Claro, monitoring continued," the statement said.
Federovisky urged to "work on the slogan 'no fire', because you cannot set fire in such adverse circumstances. You have to eliminate fire in nature, it has to be suspended while there are extreme drought weather situations like this."
"In sector 3, which includes Isla Guanaco, work was done on the house located to the north in an advance located further north of it. A 400-meter line anchored to a meadow was established. The aerial means work in that sector and yesterday, to the extent that the weather permitted, it would be reinforced with aerial means. "
In addition, work was done to finish cooling the secondary foci in the vicinity of estancia Los Cerros and Carmen Vieja; while sector 2 of Rio Claro will be monitored.
In the Park Ranger Center sector, an overflight was made with a reference of individuals who are working with machinery to see the need for other work and all the lines made with the bulldozers were toured.
'A criminal attitude'
Yesterday, Federovisky urged to "work on the slogan 'no fire', because you cannot set fire in such adverse circumstances. You have to eliminate fire in nature, it has to be suspended while there are extreme drought weather situations like this," he emphasized.
In this sense, the national official explained that "with the levels of drought and fuel, that is, organic matter in the soil and with the prevailing winds in this area, the possibilities that the situation becomes a little more complex always exist."
"Drought is one of the direct consequences of climate change. The appearance of extreme events is one of the central characteristics of this," he said and pointed out that "it has as one of its derivations the accumulation of fuel, of organic matter that persists and remains in the soil and gives rise to these violent fires."
Recognition
Governor Gustavo Melella thanked "all the teams of the Ministry of Environment of the Nation that accompanies us from the first moment, together with the people of Fire Management that works in coordination with the province."
"I want to give a great thank you and put our brigade members, Civil Protection people, firefighters, police, Civil Defense, people who are in logistics and each and every one of those who collaborate in this situation," he added, and stressed: "from the beginning, in totally adverse weather conditions and the truth new, everything that had to be done was done, that is why from the people of Tierra del Fuego we want to recognize their work, thank them, although it is not over and we have a way to go."
In turn, he extended his gratitude "to the people of the private sector who accompanied, collaborated and to all those who have worked on this."
For his part, Federovisky added that "this table reflects the coordinated, organic and respectful work that is being done from day one between provincial and national authorities."
