Overview
- Two principal active fronts persist in Hipólito Yrigoyen and Colonia Santa Rosa, where containment efforts continue under challenging heat, wind and low humidity.
- More than 45 firefighters from provincial forces and the National Fire Management Service are deployed with an airtanker, an observer plane, a helibucket helicopter, two bulldozers, autobombas and water tankers.
- Officials report over 1,800 hectares burned in Hipólito Yrigoyen and more than 200 in Colonia Santa Rosa, pushing the cumulative total past 2,000 hectares.
- Legacy buried seismic boosters in areas such as Valle Morado add operational risk, with YPF and contractor TDI supplying coordinates and working alongside crews to locate and neutralize devices.
- Separate blazes on Thursday near Salta’s international airport and on San Lorenzo’s Cerro Elefante were addressed by firefighters, as authorities urge 911 reporting and a halt to open burning under SMN extreme-risk alerts.