With a highway block, residents of 4 affected municipalities – Santo Domingo Tomaltepec, Santa Catalina de Siena, San Francisco Lachigoló and Santiago Ixtaltepec- by the Forest firethey demand that the government of Oaxaca Actions to combat it, because it has been active for more than 24 hours.
The fire began on April 11 around 2:00 p.m. in the area of Santo Domingo Tomaltepec and moved through the rest of the communities, without so far controlled.
The victims They demanded the presence of air support to suffocate the fire more quicklythat according to the State Forestry Commission (COESFO) has been consuming more than 500 hectares of forest, considerably affecting endemic flora and fauna.
Those affected indicated that They will not remove the blockage until the fire is extinguished Totally without risk for families, flora and fauna.
“Institutional aid is urgent, it is urgent to apply these supports, it is not possible that at this point there are no tools or resources to quell fires, when year after year it is the same, and Finally families are those affected”They said.
The Oaxaca government reported that it already performs actions to suffocate the forest fire in Tomaltepec by air and earth, and what The necessary human and technical resources have been allocated To mitigate the incident, privileging at all times the physical and patrimonial integrity of the population and the combatant brigades.
Through social networks, activists, lawyers and citizens demanded that the government Cancel the concert in which “Angeles Azules and Molotov” are presented And that money is destined to support communities that are facing forest fires these days.
“The concert is not a priority, the situation that is causing the fires,” they denounced.
According to the State Forestry Commission, until April 11, In Oaxaca there were 12 active fires of a total of 15 so far this month of April, affecting about 796 hectares more accumulated by this recent fire.
