Argentina wildfire: One detained for starting fire, alleges campfire lost control | Oneindia News
Dozens of people have been evacuated from their homes in Argentina’s central Cordoba province as wildfires raged amid an intense heatwave. Images and video from the area on Tuesday showed massive flames in hills surrounding populated areas as firefighters worked to combat the flames that had reached some homes in the region. It was not immediately clear how many homes had been affected. The provincial government said that a total of 960 firefighters were working to combat the wildfires with eight firefighting planes and two helicopters.
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00:00 Dozens of people have been evacuated from their homes in Argentina's central Cordoba
00:18 province as wildfires raged amid an intense heatwave.
00:22 Images and videos from the area on Tuesday showed massive flames in hills surrounding
00:28 populated areas as firefighters worked to combat the flames that had reached some homes
00:33 in the region.
00:34 It was not immediately clear how many homes had been affected.
00:38 The provincial government said that a total of 960 firefighters were working to combat
00:43 the wildfires with eight firefighting planes and two helicopters.
00:50 Local media reported that dozens of people had been evacuated.
00:53 Cordoba Governor Juan Schiarretti took to social media to inform about the wildfire.
00:58 His post read, "I call on the population to respect the indications of the firefighters
01:03 and authorities who are working in the affected areas.
01:06 The most important thing is to save lives.
01:09 Wherever evacuation is necessary, it will be done."
01:13 According to Argentina's National Fire Management Service, there were five active wildfires
01:18 in the region on Tuesday.
01:19 According to reports, authorities detained a 27-year-old for starting a fire on Monday
01:24 afternoon in an area close to the city of Villa Carlos Paz in the province's Punilla
01:29 region.
01:30 The suspect reportedly told police that he started a campfire to make coffee and lost
01:35 control of the flames due to strong winds.
01:38 Cordoba's Government and Security Minister, Julián López, took to social media to caution
01:43 the public regarding the fire.
01:45 One of his posts read, "We request that prevention measures be taken to the highest degree as
01:50 the weather conditions are adverse."
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