More than 150 firefighters work to quell the fires in the grasslands of Ezeiza

At least five active foci of fires continue to advance on the mountain and the wooded area of Tristán Suárez, in the Buenos Aires party of Ezeiza, in a front of between “three thousand and five thousand hectares,” reported a source from the Fire Station of that town and added that there are “complications due to weather situations due to heat and wind.” He estimated that there are more than “150 people working”, and that “several barracks are giving us a hand” among them, Volunteer Firefighters of Almirante Brown, Esteban Echeverría, Glew, Lobos, Guernica, Lomas de Zamora, Navarro and San Vicente.There are two hydrant helicopters from the province of Buenos Aires working to extinguish the fire and prevent it from advancing towards residential areas and routes, reported Volunteer Firefighters.

According to the information provided, the residential area “is not in danger”, but if the weather conditions worsen “we do not know when we will be able to control the fire”. At the moment there were no injuries and the residential area “is not in danger”. However, they warn that if the weather conditions worsen “we do not know when we will be able to control the fire.” The fire outbreaks broke out on Tuesday at noon and, after 24 hours, firefighters continue to work to control the fire that advances around Blas Parera Street and the Presidente Perón Highway, in Tristán Suárez.Meanwhile, the focus that had spread yesterday in the town of Canning was extinguished at 2 in the morning of this Wednesday.
From Volunteer Firefighters it is expected that with the fall of rainfall forecast for the weekend it will be possible to “placate and control the fire”. So far it is unknown what was the reason for the spread of the fire, although high temperatures led to its advance, indicated from Firefighters of Tristán Suárez.

Original source in Spanish