The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, announced on Saturday the mobilization of the Armed Forces to help fight the fires in the islands of the Parana River Delta and to stop the fire, provide assistance and collaboration particularly in the metropolitan area of Rosario, close to the flames, in the north of the country.
The Argentine Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Sergio Federovisky, is analyzing the possibility of "initiating legal action for an attack against nature" directly against the owners or those who work in the places where the fires have broken out, as he understands that "practically all" of the outbreaks "are intentional", according to comments made by the official Argentine news agency Télam.
These fires have so far left no fatalities, but hundreds of Argentines living in the surrounding areas have called emergency services in the last hours due to respiratory problems caused by the smoke.
"We cannot tolerate the continuation of fires in the Delta that affect the environment and the health of millions of Argentines. We will not remain passive in the face of unspeakable actions that generate ecological disasters," the Argentine president said on his Twitter account.
Thus, the President ordered "the immediate action of the Armed Forces to stop the fires" and activated "the Joint Command of the Emergency Zone of Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and northern Buenos Aires".
"The State must be present to protect Argentine men and women", added Fernández.