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Monitoring Emergencies: Argentina - 01/04/2017: 600,000 hectares destroyed due to wildfires

The national government sent a Fire Management Service team to La Pampa to reinforce the fight against the wildfires that have devastated over 600,000 hectares in three provinces, especially in the locality of La Adela. Rio Negro’s governor has announced that an agricultural emergency will be declared today due to the fires that have occurred in the eastern part of the territory over the past 15 days. (M: TELAM)