Soaring temperatures contributed to two significant blazes that have ravaged the Primavera Forest on the western outskirts of the Guadalajara metropolitan area since the start of April.
On Tuesday, April 13, the second major fire in two weeks broke out in the section of woodland known as Los Volcanes, which is located on the boundaries of the Tala and Tlajomulco municipalities. More than 450 firefighters and emergency personnel from municipal, state and federal agencies were dispatched to battle the blaze, including the Ministry of the Environment and Territorial Development (Semadet), the Jalisco Civil Protection and Firefighters, the National Forestry Commission (Conafor) and officials from the OPD Bosque La Primavera.
Although authorities stressed that the fire was being “fought on five fronts” and that no properties were under threat from the flames, palls of smoke drifted and hung over the metropolitan area.
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