A fire of significant magnitude in the vicinity of the Magdalena River, specifically on Isla 1928, located outside the Vía Parque Isla Salamanca area. This incident was reported early on Monday.
The responsibility for addressing this event was assigned to the Barranquilla and Sitionuevo fire departments, who had the support of the Port Captaincy. Travel to the scene of the fire was carried out in boats to allow access and effective response to the emergency.
The Magdalena Regional Autonomous Corporation (Corpamag) announced that it will carry out an evaluation of the environmental damage and will begin the necessary administrative procedures to identify and punish those responsible for the fire, as published in its X account, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Various citizens have expressed their concern through social networks, asking the authorities for a more effective response to this type of incidents, which are recurrent and threaten the biodiversity of protected areas.
They have urged the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and other supervisory bodies to take action against those responsible for the burning and apply the corresponding sanctions.
In addition, the lack of action by government entities such as the Attorney General’s Office, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of the Environment has been criticized, with one user expressing his discontent on social networks about the inactivity in the face of repeated environmental damage in that area. protected.
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