A forest fire has been burning for a week in Valle Nuevo in Constanza and hundreds of firefighters are on the scene, but the blaze has already destroyed more than a thousand tareas of forest areas on the mountain. The fire began in the afternoon of last Tuesday, 15 July 2014 but has been burning out of control even though firefighters from La Vega, Santo Domingo and San Juan de la Maguana have working around the clock to try and put it out.
According to the Ministry of Environment, strong winds and the drought are contributing to the blaze but they think that it is now being extinguished and expressed hope that the task will be completed by Thursday.
Constanza fire brigade chief Major Rafael Quiroz told Diario Libre that they do not have the right equipment to fight large fires
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