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{{Short description|Series of wildfires in Colombia in 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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|location = Colombia
|date = January 2024
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A series of more than 340 forest fires began in Colombia in January, burning 900 m (3,000 ft) of residential areas and affecting 174 municipalities in the country. [[Bogotá]] was affected by the fire in the Eastern Hills.
==Events==
President [[Gustavo Petro]] said Wednesday that he will declare the forest fires ravaging the country a natural disaster and a state of emergency, freeing up funds to fight the fires.
On 26 January 2024, 138 flights at [[El Dorado International Airport]] were affected and returned to normal the next day and police arrested 26 people for "fire-related crimes."<ref name="AlJaz">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2...-capital-as-temperatures-soar|title=Wildfires rage near Colombia’s capital as temperatures soar|website=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|date=2024-01-27|access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref> The Minister of the Environment, [[Susana Muhamad]] warned that the country was at serious risk of suffering forest fires that could worsen deforestation. Nearly half of the 2 trillion peso ($508 million) budget to address problems caused by [[El Niño]], such as fighting fires, has already been spent, according to the report.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...ter-over-wildfires-2024-01-25/|title=Colombia to declare a natural disaster over wildfires|website=[[Reuters]]|last1=Bocanegra |first1=Nelson|last2=Griffin|first2=Oliver|date=2024-01-25|access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2...reat-of-wildfires-as-of-jan-25|title=Colombia: Authorities issue alerts across much of the country due to the threat of wildfires as of Jan. 25|website=[[Crisis 24]]|date=2024-01-25|access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref>
In the Berlin moorland under the jurisdiction of Tona Santander, around 50 hectares of vegetation, mainly frailejones, were consumed, putting the department's water supply in check, which lasted a week of intense fires that destroyed almost the entire moorland due to high temperatures and man-made burning.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/amp/colomb...frailejones-se-quemaron-847844|title=Incendio en el páramo de Berlín, 50 hectáreas de frailejones se quemaron|work=El Tiempo |date=24 January 2024|language=es}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Colombia wildfires, 2024}}
[[Category:2024 wildfires]]
[[Category:2024 disasters in Colombia|Wildfires]]
[[Category:2020s fires in South America]]
[[Category:January 2024 events in Colombia|Wildfires]]
[[Category:Wildfires in South America|2024]]
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{{Short description|Series of wildfires in Colombia in 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox wildfire
|title = 2024 Colombia wildfires
|location = Colombia
|date = January 2024
|time =
|timezone =
|acres =
|cause =
|landuse =
|fatalities =
|injuries =
|perps =
|motive =
}}
A series of more than 340 forest fires began in Colombia in January, burning 900 m (3,000 ft) of residential areas and affecting 174 municipalities in the country. [[Bogotá]] was affected by the fire in the Eastern Hills.
==Events==
President [[Gustavo Petro]] said Wednesday that he will declare the forest fires ravaging the country a natural disaster and a state of emergency, freeing up funds to fight the fires.
On 26 January 2024, 138 flights at [[El Dorado International Airport]] were affected and returned to normal the next day and police arrested 26 people for "fire-related crimes."<ref name="AlJaz">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2...-capital-as-temperatures-soar|title=Wildfires rage near Colombia’s capital as temperatures soar|website=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|date=2024-01-27|access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref> The Minister of the Environment, [[Susana Muhamad]] warned that the country was at serious risk of suffering forest fires that could worsen deforestation. Nearly half of the 2 trillion peso ($508 million) budget to address problems caused by [[El Niño]], such as fighting fires, has already been spent, according to the report.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...ter-over-wildfires-2024-01-25/|title=Colombia to declare a natural disaster over wildfires|website=[[Reuters]]|last1=Bocanegra |first1=Nelson|last2=Griffin|first2=Oliver|date=2024-01-25|access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2...reat-of-wildfires-as-of-jan-25|title=Colombia: Authorities issue alerts across much of the country due to the threat of wildfires as of Jan. 25|website=[[Crisis 24]]|date=2024-01-25|access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref>
In the Berlin moorland under the jurisdiction of Tona Santander, around 50 hectares of vegetation, mainly frailejones, were consumed, putting the department's water supply in check, which lasted a week of intense fires that destroyed almost the entire moorland due to high temperatures and man-made burning.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/amp/colomb...frailejones-se-quemaron-847844|title=Incendio en el páramo de Berlín, 50 hectáreas de frailejones se quemaron|work=El Tiempo |date=24 January 2024|language=es}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Colombia wildfires, 2024}}
[[Category:2024 wildfires]]
[[Category:2024 disasters in Colombia|Wildfires]]
[[Category:2020s fires in South America]]
[[Category:January 2024 events in Colombia|Wildfires]]
[[Category:Wildfires in South America|2024]]
Okumaya devam et...