Strong forest fires, which for some time continue in the Patagonia region in the south of Argentina, destroyed 20 thousand hectares of land.
According to local media, forest fires that began in two national parks of Patagonia, one of the important tourist regions of the country, covered an area of 20 thousand hectares.
Meanwhile, the region’s authorities reported that 2800 hectares of land in the tourist city of El Bolson were turned into ashes, there is a dead at the age of 80.
The struggle against fire was carried out from the air and earth, fire aircraft and two helicopters of the National Fire Management Service were involved in extinguishing the fire, the authorities noted.
Forest fires continue to rage in the southern provinces Care, Rio Negro and Chubut, and in the National Park Naul-UAPI burned out thousands of hectares of forest, the authorities said.
At the same time, the situation with the extinguishing of fires is complicated due to strong winds and high temperatures, 70 houses burned down in the city of Epuen in the province of Chubut, the authorities said.
annually in Argentina, against the backdrop of climate and human negligence changes, thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed.