A forest fire has already devastated more than 2,000 hectares in Argentine Patagonia. The fire started in the Los Alerces National Park on Thursday and is advancing.

The authorities have assured that the start of the fire was “clearly intentional’ The emergency coincides with the southern summer and a heat wave that has several provinces in Argentina on alert. The vote on the bill occurs in a context of global climate change, which causes events such as fires to multiply in the world and become more virulent.