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The Minister of Environment, Marcela Aguiñaga, reported that wildfires in Ecuador have affected about 9,000 hectares of forests and grasslands. The figure differs from that presented by the National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR for its Spanish acronym), which estimated...

Today, Military Aviation from Venezuela is sending  2 helicopters ( 1 Super Puma, 1 Cougar) and 25 military personnel  to help fighting the forest fires raging in Ecuador. The Venezuelan helicopters are able to fly for three and a half hours without refueling, and are provided...

The National Secretariat of Risk Management (SNGR for its Spanish acronym) clarified that the Chilla canton, located in El Oro province, is not on red alert, as reported in social networks and media. The organism reported that the nine provinces that suffer the impact of forest...

Banana producers not convinced announced the extension of emergency decreed banana on 13 July and ended on September 7, decreed by Javier Ponce, Minister of Agriculture. They claim that two weeks is not enough, and that the Ministry should consider four weeks to make the process...

Quito dawned today with an overcast sky after the slight rainfall of last Monday. This slight change in the Capital’s temperature, brings moisture as part of a normal process in this seasonal time. Carlos Naranjo, director of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology...

The Transit Commission of Ecuador (CTE for its Spanish acronym) placed 83 speeding and 10 radar-warning signs along the Narcisa de Jesus road, to punish drivers who violate the law. Hector Solorzano, CEO of the CTE, announced last Thursday that the controls would start on the...

Yesterday, a slight drizzle at approximately 20:30 on different sectors of the capital, was registered. Although the rain was brief, the Quito citizens showed their emotion through social networks. Phrases like “The rain returns to Quito!“, “Rain at last“,...

The fire in San Juan de Chillogallo, south-west of Quito, began last Thursday and since Sunday has alerted the security personnel of Petroecuador. The pipeline employees have formed a security ring with hoses and an irrigation system to extinguish the blaze that develops just 3...

Yesterday, one of the most intense fires was registered in the area of San Juan de Chillogallo, south of Quito, which forced the mobilization of 155 residents of the sector. The thick smoke and ash that the fire caused also affected Wimper School children, making authorities to...

CARCHI, Ecuador The mayor of the Espejo Canton, Cleber Andrade, said there are fears of the flames reaching directly to El Angel Ecological Reserve. The reserve, located in the parishes of La Libertad and the Angel of the Espejo Canton, has an area of 16,541 hectares and supplies...