Sinac has sent 41 forest firefighters to Canada to support wildfire control

SAN JOSE, June 20 (elmundo.cr) — The National System of Protected Areas (Sinac) has sent a group of 41 forest firefighters to Canada to support the government in controlling fires that are already “out of control”.

In an interview with Radio El Mundo (91.1 FM), the official, Diego Roman, commented that “Canada is already at Level 5 and needs international help because the resources within the country itself are no longer sufficient.” The support of specialized personnel is required.”

According to the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, the current situation is “terrifying,” as he explained this in a press appearance he made with six ministers, as evidence of the seriousness of the problem.

Authorities have attributed this spate of fires to climate change and have warned that, precisely for this reason, it will be one of the worst seasons in living memory.

According to Roman, so far, 422 fires have spread in that North American country, of which 203 have already been brought under control in the first phase and 122 fires in the second phase, and only 97 are still under control at this time.

“The scale of these fires was so great, the Senac people were working on a fire called Lago Grande in High Level, a city in northeastern Alberta, near British Columbia,” he added. Roman.

Roman comments that Canada received 1,800 people from different countries who went to support this mission for the country and the planet.

Canada is probably suffering and this is the worst season because we are talking about 900,000 hectares. Roman concluded that the worst record recorded by Canada was in 1995 with an area of ​​7,105,000 hectares and summer begins tomorrow, which is where these accidents occur the most, and therefore the forecasts are not satisfactory at all.

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