Listin Diaro reports that a huge blaze is raging in Loma de Oro in the Cordillera Central. Access to the area is proving difficult for fire-fighting personnel who have been brought in by helicopter. The Deputy Minister of the Environment for Forrest Resources, Donald Castllo Diaz, indicated that the conflagration began last Tuesday. He said that between February and May, forest fires are common due to lack of rain in the mountainous region. He said that the current fire is very large, but he had been informed that it is loosing intensity because it came across a trail that has slowed its advance.
