The wildfire in Los Alerces National Park has already destroyed about 600 hectares of land and they have warned it is “out of control”.

For a few days now, Los Alerces National Park, located in the province Of Chubut, Burns and despite efforts by authorities to control Forest fire, the fire is showing no sign of stopping and has already consumed about 600 hectares of protected area. In that sense, he assured that the situation He’s out of control”,

The flames started on Thursday night. According to the information given at that time Environment Secretary of the NationThe fire spread as a result of two ignition sources that were closely spaced. However, as the days passed, the magnitude of the fire began to increase.

This Saturday night, the administration of the Los Angeles National Park released the latest report on the situation so far, assuring that the fire is “active” and reporting that It has already affected an area whose estimated size is 579 hectares

“The fire involves two jurisdictions (the national park and Chubut province). “Operations with road machinery have been added to the planned work this morning,” the press release said. Similarly, he announced that for today, Sunday, the Unified Command “It will employ 87 fighters, 2 hydrant planes, 2 helicopters with buckets and 1 observation plane.” Also “more personnel” will be required from the SNMF.

“The fire involves two jurisdictions (the national park and Chubut province). “Operations with road machinery have been added to the planned work this morning,” the press release said. Similarly, he announced that for today, Sunday, the Unified Command “It will employ 87 fighters, 2 hydrant planes, 2 helicopters with buckets and 1 observation plane.” Also “more personnel” will be required from the SNMF.

Yesterday, the head of the Department of Fire, Communications and Emergency (ICE), mario cardenasexplained to Telam That “the fire chief left the jurisdiction of the park and entered the province.” Faced with this worrying scenario, the authorities decided to create a unified command to coordinate the work of the teams working tirelessly to extinguish the fire. “It’s going to be a long time, many more days,” Cardenas said, adding that “the fire is still active” and “it’s out of control.”

Adding to this dramatic situation is the fact that The weather conditions do not cooperateBecause there are strong gusts of wind and high temperatures, “which makes the tasks quite difficult,” in line with Cárdenas’ statements.

Regarding the growth of the flames the official said that “During the night, the fire continued with extreme behavior towards La Torta Hill.” Furthermore, he highlighted that the operation carried out by volunteer firefighters from Esquel and Travelin was successful, as no houses were affected.

In this regard, the Park Ranger of Los Angeles, Danilo Hernandez Otano, expanded that the focus of the fire is in an area of ​​native forest, where there are no people. “Although the campers are at the riverside campsite Futlaofquen Lake “If they see the fire, there is no danger to visitors, nor are there any danger to those traveling on Provincial Route 71,” he explained.

Although there are still not many details about the magnitude of the damage, it is known that many species that make up the original forest were affected, such as nier, laura, kohiu kane and lenga. Likewise, it is planned that early this morning they will carry out a damage reconnaissance flight, which will also serve to analyze the behavior of the fire.

In operation, National Park, Provincial Fire Management Service from Chubut, National Fire Management Service (SNMF)volunteer fireman, Gendarmerie, Prefecture And Civil Protection Esquel Delegation,

These teams consist of one pumper, two helicopters, fifteen trucks, one tanker, two road machinery, two hydrant aircraft, one weather station, four drones, 16 firefighters who work at the site along with 26 SMNF brigade members.

In parallel, during the day on Saturday, on behalf of the nation, he provided another eight brigade members to work on the construction of defense lines in the area of ​​the fire, to which in the next few hours will be added another 42 people, who Will concentrate your efforts in the area swallow, The SMNF reported that, if more aircraft support was requested, another helicopter would be made available.

To prevent new active outbreaks from occurring, officials requested that fire use measures be taken to the extreme in the protected area and reported that, if an incendiary point is observed, ICE ( 2945-548822) should be called. Similarly, he recalled the prohibition that applies to lighting fires in open access areas, advised extreme caution when traveling on Route 71 and mentioned that the internal roads of the area are closed. Cerro La Torta, El Dedal, Alto El Patiso, Cosinero, Quebrada del León And Fleet.