Tanker fights fires in Bolivia, where 700,000 hectares are razed – Telam

Boeing 747 Supertanker, the world's largest tanker, made its first trip to Bolivia to fight the fires that have already devastated more than 700,000 hectares of forests and grbadlands in the Chiquitania region of Santa Cruz of the Sierra. .

The task of the aircraft began at Viru Viru Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, after several hours of meetings between specialists and Bolivian authorities to define the points to fight in priority, reported the agency EFE.

Bolivian Vice President Álvaro García Linera explained that the municipality of San José, whose fire curtain is "very extensive and intense", is the first dispersal factor of some 74,000 liters of water.