Wildfires in Argentina's Corrientes province burn almost 800,000 hectares, nearly 10 percent of the region, devastating farmlands and killing protected animals in Ibera National Park –– an important wetland area
People work to extinguish the fire that continues to consume trees and pastures in San Luis del Palmar, province of Corrientes, Argentina.
A devastating wildfire in the province of Corrientes in northeastern Argentina has ravaged almost 8,000 square kilometres of land, or nearly 10 percent of the region's area, according to figures released by the National Institute of Agricultural Technology .
Omar Zimmerman, a worker at a ranch said, "We started putting fires out last Tuesday. Yesterday we were working tired without sleeping for over 40 hours." "It's terrible, has destroyed a lot, the damage is in the millions. I'm not the owner but it makes you want to cry to see that." In pictures: Devastating wildfire in Argentina’s Corrientes province ravages almost 8,000 square kilometres of land, or nearly 10 percent of the region's area, officials say
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