Buenos Aires (AFP) Jan 29, 2024 - A fire that destroyed around 600 hectares of a national park in Argentina was the result of arson, an official said Sunday.
Over 1000 hectares of land have burned down in the Los Alerces National Park in the Argentine province of Chubut, where Governor Ignacio Torres blamed the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) rebel organization for starting the fire, it was reported Sunday. There are indications that the fire was intentional, he stressed.
A fire that destroyed around 600 hectares of a national park in Argentina was the result of arson, an official said Sunday.Los Alerces Park covers more than 260,000 hectares.
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