OR Coco State Park Sign in source of fire, this Thursday (18th), in Fortaleza. Teams from Fire fighters fight the flames, which are in a place that is difficult to access and have already consumed an area of approximately four football fields. The smoke generated by the burning of vegetation is visible for kilometers away.
The company explained this in detail another fire he was identified the day before, but was stopped around 9.30 pm. However, new flameswhich are still active, were registered this morning.
Two fire brigade teams work to fight fires in the environmental protection area. According to the institution, the agents work on foot and use cost explosion to disperse the water and put out the flames.
“The lack of access for vehicles and even for the garrison makes combat difficult. Dry bushes and strong winds don’t help either,” explains Captain Dutra, who works in the company’s press office.
According to the military, there is still no information on what may have happened. caused the fire in the Parque do Cocó: “No accidents have been reported that could, in a secondary way, have triggered this fire, such as, for example, a car that caught fire and this fire spread to the vegetation and/or an electric cable was fell and hit the vegetation. Furthermore, there are no reports of lightning.”
Until this material is published, agents also work on the site I found no signs which caused the fire human action. “They found no evidence such as a fire,” explains the captain.
The smell of smoke is noticeable in several neighborhoods
The smell of smoke was felt this Friday in several neighborhoods of Fortaleza, such as Aldeota, Dionísio Torres, São João do Tauape, Joaquim Távora and Bairro de Fátima. However, there are reports of affected neighborhoods even further away, such as São Gerardo, Damas, Parquelândia and Pici.
Around midday the sky in the regions close to the conservation unit was already completely grey.
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2024-01-18 15:28:11
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