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In Belo Horizonte, firefighters job for the fourth consecutive day in a fire that seizes the Ursulina de Andrade Melo Park, in Bairro Castelo, Regio da Pampulha. On Thursday (8), the operation is expected to continue for the rest of the night and extend into early Friday morning.
During the night of this Wednesday (7), there was only smoke in place, but a windstorm at the dawn of this farm rekindled several hot spots.
Throughout the day, the job was the same: monitoring points where the fire could reappear. The military worked to get out of the forest smoking logs.
However, at dusk, some calls He returned to employ the firefighters.
“We still have some key points in Rua Castelo de So Jorge. We are making a line to fight. Later, we will blow up the EPA (combat area from a staircase attached to the fire station) to enjoy the cold of the night. And soak up all this vegetation that is giving some reign ”, says Lieutenant Pedro Ivo Nogueira Pereira.
THE incndio It started around 5:30 a.m. of that second and, due to the dry vegetation, reached a large area of the park.
The extinguishing of fires that day was carried out with water jets on the sides of the forest, since the region is difficult to access. In addition to this strategy, the corporation has adopted air combat tactics on site.
