Fires in Pinar del Río have destroyed about 230 hectares of forest – 2024-05-24 04:52:46

The authorities of Pinar del Río are coping with two massive forest fires which have already consumed greater than 230 hectares (ha) of forest. In accordance with the territory’s Forest Rangers, these incidents are situated within the municipality of San Juan y Martínez.

In accordance with reviews, the primary hearth occurred in an space generally known as Maquina Vieja, the place about 120 hectares of younger pine, acacia, eucalyptus and different necessary species have been consumed by the fireplace. The opposite hearth spreads by way of the Agua Dulce space, masking between 110 and 115 hectares of pine forests.

In accordance with the official media Granmaforestry employees are preventing the flames at each websites.

The Cuban Forest Rangers warned that, between January 1 and Could 31, the interval of biggest prevalence of forest fires was going to be recorded. In 2023, 613 of those incidents have been recorded, which broken 13,980 hectares of forest and 489.5 hectares of swamp grasslands.

In April, one other related hearth destroyed some 300 hectares of necessary ecological worth in Viñales, additionally within the province of Pinar del Río. This was the primary of enormous proportions within the province, though about 30 small and medium-scale ones had already been registered beforehand.

The state press recalled that, on that event, the flames originated in Alto de Manaca, and unfold by way of the realm generally known as Cayo Grande, an intensive space of ​​pine forest plantations during which there are not any properties or buildings, so It didn’t symbolize a hazard to the inhabitants of Pinar del Río.

The official Prensa Latina identified that the fireplace left deep marks within the undergrowth of the Viñales mountain massif, which covers some 30,000 hectares, of the 62,000 which are underneath the care of the La Palma agroforestry firm.

So far, the causes of this hearth haven’t been uncovered by the Cuban press.

Official knowledge point out that negligence constituted 96% of the causes of fires reported final 12 months on the Island. Throughout that interval, the province of Pinar del Río was one of the crucial affected, with 3,136 hectares of forest consumed.