Firefighters spent Good Friday struggling to put out a new fire in the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park. The fire reportedly has affected around 2,000 tareas (1 tarea = 629 square meters) in the area known as El Aceitillar, some eight km from the Hoyo de Pelempito. The area is covered by pine trees. The Ministry of Environment said the fire started during the weekend.
Only on 12 April a fire had broken out in the area and was put out by the firefighting crews on 14 April.
As reported in Diario Libre, the Easter weekend fire was greater than the previous one.
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Diario Libre
22 April 2019