He fire that affects a place on the slopes of the volcano Iztaccíhuatl from Friday, January 1, 2021, was already 50% controlled so reported Civil Protection of the State of Mexico.
According to the authorities, crews from the National Forestry Commission (Conafor), the National Commission for Protected Natural Areas, as well as firefighters from the municipality of Tlalmanalco work there.
Gabriel Mena, director of Probosque, detailed through his account Twitter what the fire was controlled at the height of Tlalmanalco, while containment works are carried out in the upper part of the Izta-Popo National Park.
For her part, the Secretary for Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection, Myriam Urzúa Venegas, assured local media that the fire does not represent a greater risk for the surrounding communities, so they did not have to be evicted.
Admitted that so far the reasons for the fire are unknownHowever, he commented that it is expected that “the incident will end today.”
The fire started at 2:00 p.m. on Friday and spread rapidly until generating a large column of smoke that could be seen from several kilometers, alerting the entire population.
According to reports, the fire consumed a large part of the wooded area of the municipality of Tlalmanalco.
During the evening of January 1, social network users reported the fire on the slope of the Iztaccíhuatl volcano within the territory of the State of Mexico.
One of the users who reported the fire in Twitter It was former President Felipe Calderón who published two photos of the event.
In a first tweet, Calderón Hinojosa wrote: “What appears to be a huge forest fire is observed on the slopes of Iztaccíhuatl. Hopefully @SEMARNAT_mx, @CONAFOR @Edomex can verify and control ”.
In a following message he detailed: “The fire is now spreading over a wide area of the Iztaccíhuatl forest reserve. A tragedy”.
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On the first day of this 2021, the Popocatépetl volcano (which is located next to the Iztaccíhuatl) registered an explosion and 106 exhalations during the first day of the year.
The Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl National Park is one of the largest green areas in the Valley of Mexico. There is the Los Volcanes Biosphere Reserve, which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated as a protected area in 2010.
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