The Boiro fire has already destroyed 400 hectares
Martha Gomez
Since they originated after four in the afternoon yesterday, the flames have already sweptmore than 400 hectares of forest in Boiro, and the strong gusts of wind blowing from the northeast are greatly complicating the extinction task. So much so that in mid-afternoon a declaration of alert level 2 was requested in the area due to the proximity of the flames to the houses in the Pieiro area.
A wide deployment of land and air resources participates in the extinction operation activated on Thursday afternoon. According to the last count provided by the Minister of Rural EnvironmentSince it began, three technicians, 25 forest agents, 40 brigades, 25 motorized pumps, four shovels, a technical support unit, 12 planes and seven helicopters have joined the device.