In Argentina, scores of firefighters are battling several forest fires ravaging through the province of Cordoba. On Saturday, authorities reported that emergency teams, drawing from over 700 firefighters and brigade members, are trying to control active fires that are advancing in different areas of the province, reportedly, the flames reached, at least, 20 houses; and many neighbors had to be evacuated from the towns of Los Cocos and Capilla del Monte.
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00:00In Argentina, scores of firefighters are battling several forest fires ravaging through the
00:05province of Córdoba.
00:06On Saturday, authorities reported that emergency teams, drawing from over 700 firefighters
00:10and brigade members, are trying to control active fires that are advancing in different
00:14areas of the province.
00:16Reportedly, the flames reached at least 20 houses, and many neighbors had to be evacuated
00:21from the towns of Los Cocos and Capilla del Monte.
00:24So far this year, 1,500 forest fires have been reported in the province of Córdoba,
00:29most of them over the last three months, which have destroyed 30,000 hectares.