Puerto Vallarta News

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Mexico Burning: Over 3,000 firefighters battling wildfires in 20 states

The National Forestry Commission (Conafor) reported that 78 forest fires continue in the country, and 10 of them were recorded in protected natural areas.

In its official Twitter account @Conafor, the agency reported that up to this year, 116 forest fires were recorded in 22 states of Mexico in this year, and 19 of them are in the process of being liquidated and an equal number were controlled.

There are currently 3,159 firefighters working to combat the raging wildfires.

Gustavo Sánchez Valle, president of the Mexican Network of Forestry Organizations, reported that Mexico has statistical records of forest . . .

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