{"id":124322,"date":"2019-03-25T14:05:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T14:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=124322"},"modified":"2019-03-26T13:24:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:24:11","slug":"ministry-of-environment-laguna-bavaro-fire-is-perhaps-arson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/25\/ministry-of-environment-laguna-bavaro-fire-is-perhaps-arson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Environment: Laguna Bavaro fire is perhaps arson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"794\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Forest-fire-in-Bavaro-El-Dia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Forest-fire-in-Bavaro-El-Dia.png 794w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Forest-fire-in-Bavaro-El-Dia-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Forest-fire-in-Bavaro-El-Dia-768x399.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: El D\u00eda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Technicians from the Ministry of the Environment have opened an investigation into the origins of the fire in the protected area of Laguna Bavaro, in Ver\u00f3n, Punta Cana. In a report to the Presidency, Environment Minister Angel Estevez says the fire is suspected to have been intentionally <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">set,<\/g> since it began in wetlands next to a hotel complex.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, the fire was controlled and extinguished. The Fire Chief of Ver\u00f3n-Punta Cana told Diario Libre that everything indicates criminal hands were involved in the series of fires in the area of Cabeza de Toro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported, over a period of 18 hours, firemen from Punta Cana, Higuey and San Rafael de Yuma and a Air Force helicopter participated in the intense effort to stop the fire.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/sucesos\/sospechan-fue-intencional-el-incendio-forestal-en-area-protegida-de-laguna-bavaro-PI12380719\">Diario&nbsp;Libre<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/incendios-forestales-afectan-varias-zonas-en-punta-cana\/\">El&nbsp;Dia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25 March 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technicians from the Ministry of the Environment have opened an investigation into the origins of the fire in the protected area of Laguna Bavaro, in Ver\u00f3n, Punta Cana. In a report to the Presidency, Environment Minister Angel Estevez says the fire is suspected to have been intentionally set, since it began in wetlands next to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/25\/ministry-of-environment-laguna-bavaro-fire-is-perhaps-arson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124395,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124322\/revisions\/124395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}