2010 Bolivia forest fires
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2010 Bolivia forest fires | |
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Date(s) | 15 August 2010 – present |
Location | Bolivia |
Statistics | |
Land use | forest |
Impacts | |
Structures destroyed | 60 |
The 2010 Bolivia forest fires led the
There was a steep jump in fire hot-spots from 17,000 on Sunday August 15 to approximately 25,000 three days later.[2] Some of the blazes were so strong that firefighters were unable to get close enough to contain them.[2] The head of Bolivia's forestry service, Weimar Becerra, described the fires as "a total disaster, it is an environmental disaster. We have six forest fires which have a height of 50 m and are growing, and as a country we do not have the capacity to put them out".[2]
Damage
Currently the worst of the damage has been to the country's section of
Help from neighboring countries
The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, said that he requested that his neighboring countries, Brazil and Argentina, help with the efforts, but, as of August 21, 2010, help had not been received.[2]
Cause
caused the plants to dry out, allowing the fires to run rampant.See also
- List of wildfires
- Other major wildfires in 2010
- Schultz Fire, was a wildfire which burned over 15,000 acres (61 km2), in Arizona, United States during June 2010.
- Russian wildfires, are a series of hundreds of wildfires that broke out across Russia, starting in late July 2010.
- California wildfires, are a series of seasonal wildfires active in the state of California, USA, during the year 2010.
- Quebec wildfires, were a series of wildfires that affected over 90,000 hectares (220,000 acres) in Quebec, Canada, from late May to June 2010.
- 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer heat wave, is a severe heat wave that is impacting several countries worldwide during May, June, July and August 2010.
References
- ^ "BBC News — Bolivia declares emergency over forest fires". bbc.co.uk. 2010-08-20. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ a b c d e Hennigan, Tom (2010-08-20). "Bolivia seeks aid on Amazon fires". Irish Times.
- ^ "Bolivia declares fires emergency - 2010". Al Jazeera English. 2010-02-24. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ a b "Bolivia asks Argentina, Brazil for help in putting out Amazon fires". EFE News Service. 2010-08-19.
- ^ "Fires destroy 1.5 million hectares of forest land in Bolivia". Trend News Agency (Azerbaijan). 2010-08-18.