The Bogotá fire department and other entities in responding to the fire on El Cable hill – Mayor’s Office credit
More than 170 people continue working to address the forest fire on El Cable hill, in Bogotá. There, during efforts to contain the flames, two firefighters were injured.
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This was confirmed by the mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, who was at the Unified Command Post (PMU) installed to monitor this conflagration of plant origin.
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According to Mayor Galán, two firefighters were injured by a falling stone. The president recalled that as a result of the flames, the terrain is beginning to lose stability, making it more difficult to carry out containment tasks in the area.
“It is a difficult job (emergency care), but we are supporting here. We also came to visit two firefighters who were injured by an accident with a rock,” said the mayor of Bogotá.
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Although he did not provide details about the accident that the firefighters had, apparently the injuries were not serious.
Firefighters and Army attend to forest fires in Bogotá – credit @Ingenieros_EJC/X
The local leader called on the population not to approach the point of the fire because in addition to the danger posed by the flames, the terrain is unstable.
“It is also a call to the population not to go up the hill because it is very dangerous and we cannot be putting the firefighters to protect the population but rather to dedicate themselves exclusively to the fire,” said Galán.
Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán was at the PMU before midnight on Wednesday, January 24, and from there he reported that there is one point that has been more difficult to access to quell it.
“Here at eleven at night we came to visit the PMU of the El Cable fire. About 170 people are working on this fire here, including firefighters, the Army and the other institutions that are supporting us,” he said.
“It is a fire that has a particular difficulty. It has several points at this time, mainly one to the south and one to the north of the hill. In some ways, the possibility of arriving with water and arriving with the elements required on the south side is more advanced than on the north,” added the local leader.
Fire on El Cable hill – credit @BomberosBogota/X
Despite the severity of the conflagration, the mayor of Bogotá assured that the flames are still at a significant distance from the population that lives nearby.
“In any case this is still a significant distance from where there is population. We also have a road that cuts, in a certain way, the possibility of the fire easily reaching areas where there may be risk for the population,” explained Carlos Fernando Galán.
The mayor of Bogotá confirmed that during some hours of the night aircraft support for water discharge is suspended. The above, due to the difficulty of maneuvering in the dark; However, field work is carried out uninterruptedly.
According to the information provided by Galán from the PMU, the plane will resume actions around eight in the morning, while the helicopters should be in operation from six.
“We are in constant communication with the population. We have drones and we hope very early in the morning to come and accompany the support that the firefighters and other officials who are working are doing manually in the territory, with the plane that starts operating around eight in the morning and the helicopters that we hope will begin to operate. operate after six in the morning,” he concluded.