Fire consumes large swath of critical ecosystem in Colombia

Bogotá, Jan 24 (EFE).- Dozens of acres of high-elevation grasslands were consumed by a fire in the Páramo Berlín, crucial for drinking water supplies in northeastern Colombia, officials said on Wednesday. Authorities are fighting 21 wildfires all over the country in the departments of Santander, Norte de Santander, Boyacá, Vichada, Antioquia, and Cesar, the National …

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