2024-08-31 23:41:40
Paulo Pinto / Agência Brasil
Fires reach seven municipalities in São Paulo next Saturday
There are active fires in seven cities in the interior of São Paulo
this Saturday (31), the Civil Defense informed the state of São Paulo. There are five of them in the regions of France
e Ribeirão Preto
and two in the region of São José do Rio Preto
.
Around 4pm, the number was five municipalities, but fire spread to seven around 6:30pm.
Throughout Saturday, security agents Civil Defence, firefighters, volunteer firefighters and crews from private groups
he worked in these locations to fight the flames.
Last week, many cities in the interior of São Paulo suffered from fires and heavy smoke. Two employees at a factory in Urupês died trying to fight one of these fires.
Because of this, the The government of São Paulo created a crisis office
to manage monitoring and control activities on the situation and a special operation started this weekend to fight the fires in the interior of São Paulo.
The fires caused a lot of damage in the state, such as the temporary closure of highways and losses of 5 million tons of sugar and 60 thousand hectares of production, according to estimates from the employers’ association Novacana.
Until yesterday (30), the Ten people were detained by the Civil Police
on suspicion of having participated in arson in the state. One of these detainees was a 39-year-old man, who set fire to a sugarcane plantation in the city of Pindorama, in the São José do Rio Preto region. He was arrested last Thursday (29).
According to witnesses, this man used a lighter to set several parts of the plantation on fire. It was caught in the act
carrying bicycles, a lighter, a matchbox, a pack of cigarettes and money.
In addition, two were arrested in Franca, two in Batatais, two in São José do Rio Preto, one in Jales, one in Guaraci and another in Salto. Two other men in the city of Porto Ferreira were charged with setting a fire to clear vegetation.
All of these cases are under investigation, but police report that they are not related.
Caution
oh Emergency Management Center (CGE) of the Civil Defense of the State of São Paulo
issued a caution
Last Thursday (29) for the high fire risk
in almost the entire state for the next few days, when temperatures will increase and air humidity will be low, which increases the risk of fires.
The Fire Risk Map, which issues forecasts for the coming days, indicates that the most important regions for high temperatures are Andradina, Araçatuba, Bauru and Jaú, with maximum temperatures reaching 35ºC. There is also a risk of low relative humidity, which must reach critical levels, below 20%.
Because of this warning, state agencies recommend increased attention to the population
warning not to set fire to dry vegetation areas, not to smoke cigarette butts on the side of the road, not to clear rural areas using fire techniques, not to burn rubbish and not to release balloons.
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