00:00In the township of Hualanday, in the area of the municipality of Coello, in Tolima,
00:04Tension continues over a forest fire that affected the dual carriageway and final uncertainty.
00:09In the area, more than 150 firefighters are working to try to control the flames, and a fire is expected to break out.
00:15More teams arrived on Friday morning to extinguish the fire.
00:19According to Interior Minister Rodrigo Lara, specialized teams from Caldas, Boyacá,
00:24Valle del Cauca, Antioquia and Huila seek to support the work on the ground.
00:28The National Fire Department, attached to the Ministry of the Interior, coordinates all
00:33The actions, Lara indicated through her social networks.
00:37This new emergency adds to the wave of fires that have been recorded in recent weeks.
00:41in the department.
00:42According to the most recent report from the Tolima Regional Autonomous Corporation,
00:47In Lima, there are 22 active fires in the department.
00:50In 11 municipalities, including Alvarado, Suárez, and Coello, there are four fires.
00:55During our recent visit, we found that they are already fairly well under control, of course.
01:02Due to the police's operational capacity in terms of manpower, they also counted
01:08with the support of tanks and helicopter-borne support that allowed control
01:14These. There are still about three active hotspots there. In San Luis, in Venadillo, in
01:23In Chaparral, in Ortega we have four fires, in Armero, Melgar, in Guamo.
01:28In total, the fires, according to the corporation's most recent figures, leave more
01:33of 8,500 hectares affected in 16 municipalities of Tolima.
01:37This situation led the Tolima Governorate to declare a state of public calamity on
01:42last August 14, which seeks to mobilize resources and actions to address
01:46the emergency and attend to the affected population.
01:49One of the points that Corto Lima emphasizes is that most of the fires
01:54The incidents recorded in the department are intentional. Furthermore, they warn that the emergency response...
01:59It has shown operational limitations, which is why the need to manage
02:04before the National Government, equipment and resources that will strengthen fire response
02:09forestry during the coming months.
02:11Another alert issued by Corto Lima concerns the decrease in the
02:16levels of 8 of the 9 streams monitored in the department.
02:20Among these, the Saldaña River is the most concerning, and therefore requires close monitoring.
02:25special to the basin to verify the supply and demand of the resource.
02:29The existing water intakes and supply conditions require a supply from Corto Lima.
02:34According to information from the Ministry of the Interior, 10 fires are being dealt with in the country.
02:39in Tolima, 10 in Cundinamarca, one in Magdalena and one in Valle del Cauca.
02:43For its part, the government of President Abelardo de la Espriella deployed several actions to
02:48to address the fires occurring in these regions of Tolima. Furthermore, he assessed the situation.
02:52as serious.
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