Forest fires are currently concentrated in eastern Bolivia and to date the fire has already consumed more than a million hectares of forests and grasslands, reported the Deputy Minister of Civil Defense, Juan Carlos Calvimontes.
"94% of forest fires are concentrated in the departments of Beni and Santa Cruz," he said, in contact with the state channel Bolivia TV.
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The fires have already affected an area of more than one million hectares, of which 308,983 correspond to forests . . .
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