In the middle of the Intense heat wave that ignites Mexicothe National Forestry Commission (Conafor) reported the presence of the largest number of fires active forestry in one day, so far this season, with a total of 203which is also a record number in historical records.
In his evening report, the Conafor announced that the accidents are present in 26 states of the countryincluding 37 protected natural areas, with a preliminary impact of 89,755 hectares.
The previous record in the number of emergencies in 24 hours was presented on May 9 with 171 conflagrations, and on March 28 and May 4, with 147 forest fires each.
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According to official data, From January 1 to May 2, 2024, three thousand 517 accidents were recorded in the 32 federal entities, the most affected being the State of Mexico, Mexico City, Jalisco, Puebla, Michoacán, Durango, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Chiapas and Chihuahua, which represent 86 percent of the national total.
In this period, the area affected by the emergency amounted to 51.14 hectares on average, of which 94 percent corresponded to bushes and the remaining 6 percent to trees.
Most conflagrations lasted one day (2,382), two to three days (812), four to seven days (254), and more than seven days (69).
The main causes of forest fires were: intentional (28.88 percent), unknown (21.09 percent), livestock activities (18.47 percent), agricultural activities (16.45 percent) and hunters (4.41 percent).
A HELL
Last night, Chiapas became the entity with the highest number of active forest fires with 31, leaving Guerrero in second place with 29, followed by Chihuahua (26), Michoacán (19), Jalisco (16), Oaxaca (15), Quintana Roo (11), Puebla (8), Veracruz (7).
Later, Durango (4), Campeche (4), Tamaulipas (4), State of Mexico (4), Nayarit (4), Querétaro (3), San Luis Potosí (2), Hidalgo (2), Tabasco (2) , Morelos (2), Yucatán (2), Zacatecas (2), and Sinaloa (2), mainly.
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Despite the national fire emergency, only seven helicopters operate in four forest fires in Casas Grandes, Chihuahua (1); in Santa María del Río, San Luis Potosí (4); in Tecalitlán, Jalisco (1), and in Zinapécuaro, Michoacán (1).
The protected natural areas impacted by active forest fires are, among others, Selva El Ocote, Chiapas (9 emergencies); Feeder Basin of the National Irrigation District 043 State of Nayarit (4 emergencies); Sierra Tecuani in Guerrero (3 emergencies), and Sierra Gorda, Querétaro (3 emergencies).
800 HECTARES AFFECTED
The fire registered a couple of days ago in the Sierra Madre Oriental in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, has consumed 800 hectares and so far it has not been able to be controlled.
Yesterday morning, Civil Protection elements and volunteers joined the efforts with the support of officials from the Secretariat of National Defense, National and State Guard.
According to information from Sedena, the fire started on May 7 in the La Chona ejido and due to the dryness and the wind the flames intensified.
With information from Alfredo Peña.
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2024-05-12 14:52:51