Fires rage out of control in Argentina

Strong winds and unseasonably high temperatures have reignited
wildfires in Patagonia which have devastated huge areas of forest in the
remote Argentine region.

And with temperatures climbing upwards,
firefighters have now been deployed across Argentina to forest fires
raging in nine of out of the country's 23 provinces, including one blaze
that has been active for more than a month.

Nearly 100
firefighters and support staff, reinforced by planes and helicopters,
were fighting the largest of the fires in the Nahuel Huapi National Park
in Patagonia, the fire management service (SNMF) said.

The park is located near the tourist city of Bariloche, about 1,500 kilometres southwest of Buenos Aires.

Intense smoke drifts over #BuenosAires from multiple forest fires burning northwest of the city 🇦🇷🔥

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— Zoom Earth (@zoom_earth) January 14, 2022

Smoke from the flames caused authorities to shut part of the
Argentine National Route 40, the country's longest highway which
connects northern and southern Argentina across the Andes mountain
range.

Temperatures range from 35 to 40 degrees Celsius but have spiked even higher.

By reuters.com, euronews.com