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The banana production leader of Chirijo, Milagro, Julio Cruz Escudero, says the fruit production of farms has declined by 30% due to the Sigatoka Negra fungus. The Sigatoka Negra is a fungus that appeared in 1987 in Ecuador. This fungus damages the banana leaf and prevents the...

A forest fire has recently reactivated in the Army Polytechnic School area (ESPE for its Spanish acronym) located in the Valle de los Chillos, at northern Quito. There are five members of the Fire Department handling two tankers to fight the fire in the area. At the same time,...

In the southern part of the protected forest of Pasochoa, 50 kilometers away from Quito, a strong fire erupted since last Saturday night. According to the Fire Department so far 40 hectares of the primary forest have burned down. The fire is controlled until strong winds...

In the last nine days there have been hundreds of wildfires in Ecuador, especially in the Pichincha, Chimborazo, Azuay and El Oro provinces. In the Chilla canton, located southeast of El Oro province, dozens of firefighters in the area worked to extinguish the fire affecting the...

The intense forest fire originated in the area of San Luis at Puembo, Quito, reaches its ninth day of injury, this time reaching urban areas of the capital. Yesterday in the afternoon, the people of the Zambiza parish got despaired when they witnessed how the fire burned two...

Last Saturday at the maximum-security prison in Guayaquil, known as “La Roca“, a device exploded leaving at least six inmates injured. Penitentiary officials revealed that some injured were treated on site and some other were transported to the Guayaquil Hospital. It...

The sweltering forest fire lashing the area of San Luis, at Puembo, east of Quito, reaches its seventh day of devastating damage to the region, including the slopes bordering the entrance road of the Tababela airport. The Fire Department came into the Tababela airport to...

A few hours ago the mayor of Quito, Augusto Barrera, declared a state of emergency in the capital because of wildfires in the hills surrounding the city. One of Barrera’s measures to combat the fire, is to be able to use public and private tankers to help extinguish the flames....

The forest fire in the area of San Luis, at Puembo, reaches its sixth day of devastating damage in the region, which include different species of birds, insects and 150 species of plants. To fight the blaze, 50 firefighters are currently working 40-hour shifts, 150 Pronaca...

The National Transit Directorate (DNT for its Spanish acronym) said today in a statement, that speeding accidents in Ecuador have been reduced by 50%, since the Land Transport Law came into effect. According to DNT data, between May and August of 2012 there were 877 accidents,...