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Firefighters in Argentina were battling an "out of control" blaze in a national park in Patagonia on Saturday, struggling to keep it from reaching two nearby towns.
The fire in Los Alerces National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has already charred about 600 hectares.
"The fire is out of control," said Mario Cardenas, head of the park's fire, communications and emergency department.
Conditions are "unfavorable because we still have a lot of wind and high temperatures. This makes our work very difficult," he said.
A view from the Los Alerces National Park located in the Patagonian region of Argentina on November 29, 2021. /CFP
Temperatures in Patagonia, a normally cold and windy region in Argentina's far south, have surpassed 40 degrees Celsius in the southern hemisphere summer, leading two provinces to declare states of emergency due to the fire risk until April.
In Chubut province, rescue workers are attempting to block flames from reaching the towns of Esquel and Trevelin, approximately 2,000 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
Los Alerces Park features glacier-carved landscapes, including rivers and lakes, as well as pristine forests of alerce trees, the second-longest living tree species in the world.