08/30/2021 3:26 PM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 08/30/2021 3:26 PM
The grassland burning in the delta of the Paraná River, located between San Nicolás and Villa Constitución, in Santa Fe, became one of
the worst forest fires
that Rosario ever experienced.
Since Friday, large columns of smoke and ash have invaded the Greater Rosario area and the firefighters of the place warn that "
99% of these fires are intentionally created by man
" and add that "never has so much burning been seen together" .
"In addition to the burning on the islands in the region, with the change of wind, the smoke also reached the area of Ramallo and San Nicolás," warned the director of the Zapadores Fire Department in the province of Santa Fe, Andrés Lastorta.
There were several arson fires in the Delta and it took more than 12 hours to put them out.
Some outbreaks still persist.
The director of Firefighters said in statements to
Radio Dos de Santa Fe
that "they are working hard to put out the lights caused in the islands" and asked that people "take a dimension that due to droughts, burning grasslands and others causes
inconveniences irreparable
".
"The forestry brigades of Santa Fe are working hard, but they can
not cope
. From Villa Constitución the helicopters are coming and going to put out the fires, but it must be taken into account that 99% of these fires are intentional. Wanting to reduce garbage dumps, reduce yuyales or clean up land, you have to do it responsibly because
the drought is very great,
"warned the fire chief.
For now, the forestry brigades, the Santa Fe sapper firefighters, the police and various crews continue with the arduous task of
reducing the fire
.
Large columns of smoke and ash invade part of Santa Fe and there are alerts in several other cities: Ramallo, San Nicolás and Junín are also victims of the phenomenon.
Photo: EFE
"The conditions are not right to continue burning. I can tell you that during the summer, where the temperature is strong, there may be a magnifying glass effect through a glass. But in these conditions there
is the hand of man who is not aware
of what is happening. damaging is the environment as well as the health of the people who live in those cities, "Lastorta warned.
For several days the situation has been worrying: "We are doing everything possible to appease this, but the wind hurts since the smoke is going to the side of the Rosario-Buenos Aires highway and visibility is scarce - warns Lastorta. the years that I have been in Rosario, I have never seen anything like it, "admitted the firefighter.
And I add:
"There are thousands of hectares.
It seems that an entire city is on fire
."
Added to the historical downspout of the Paraná River is
a great drought
that persists in the region that, it is clear, can lead to strong forest fires.
The columns of smoke have been moving through Rosario for several days.
Photo: EFE
The same happened in the Metropolitan area of Santa Fe. This is because in the islands of the delta there is a lot of combustible material that can be ignited with any element.
During the last hours, the Junín firefighters joined the fight against the fire in collaboration with their peers from Santa Fe and Nicole, who have not been able to reduce the voracity of the flames.
Meanwhile, the Environmental Observatory of the National University of Rosario (UNR) warned this Monday that in Rosario, Ramallo, San Nicolás, Junín, and in surrounding areas there are "
very high
levels
of contamination
in the air", a product of the fires unleashed in the delta.
A fire that affects 7 thousand hectares of wetlands.
Matías de Bueno, director of the Observatory, admitted that the "smoke that pollutes Rosario comes from some 1,700 hectares - at the height of San Nicolás and Ramallo - that have not yet been controlled," published the
Diario Democracia
.
And he warned that "this air pollution will
cause a significant loss of wildlife and a very worrying deterioration of the environment
."
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