They warn that the smoke of the Amazon fire could affect Buenos Aires

The fire that destroyed much of the Amazon rainforest spread to other countries and the smoke began to touch the northern provinces of Argentina and could reach Buenos Aires. Environmentalists and meteorologists warn against the formation of polluting clouds that can cause respiratory problems.

The first to discuss the issue was the Director of Climate Change and Policy World Wildlife Fund (WWF) of Paraguay, Oscar Rodas, who described the disaster in the Brazilian jungle as a "continental disaster" that "will have a global impact".

Rhodes said the black clouds of fire that begin to affect northern Argentina are the cause "Lung health issues and allergies"The fire" has spread to part of the Paraguayan Chaco and to the Santa Cruz region of Sierra, Bolivia, to the southern mainland, and it is very difficult to control it, "he said. he warned.

In dialogue with TN.com.ar, says the specialist, "this is a phenomenon that had already occurred in 2009 in Paraguay and northern Argentina because of forest fires and grbadlands." He added: "What is happening is that the soot accumulated for days in the atmosphere settles on the ground when the pressure drops and the rains arrive."

The director of WWF based his badysis on satellite images that show "black spots representing an accumulation of smoke in the atmosphere". "These clouds are blocking sunlight, as was the case last week in the Paraguayan Chaco," he said. "For weeks, forest fires accumulate large amounts of smoke and outbreaks are likely to continue until October."

The environmental engineer Mauricio Cogollo explained to this media "that it is possible that the clouds reach Buenos Aires". "The circulation of polluting air in the atmosphere is global, it can travel thousands of kilometers," he said, citing as an example the ashes that reached the Argentine capital after the end of the century. eruption of the Puyehue volcano in 2011. "We are not exempt," he said.

For its part, the meteorologist TN Marina Fernández explained that "the fires of the Bolivian and Paraguayan part, in particular, can bring smoke in suspension with the circulation of the north wind". "Thursday and Friday last week, the sky seemed slimmer and its colors more reddish at sunrise and sunset and at the moon, it is the smoke that burns, "he said.

Finally, Manuel Jaramillo, director of Wildlife said that the phenomenon "it comes in particles that are imperceptible to ordinary people but it can create conditions in people who are sensitive, allergic or have bronchial problems. "

The disaster in the Amazon began on August 10 and affected about 500,000 hectares of jungle in Brazil. Since then, epidemics have affected parts of Paraguayan Chaco, part of Bolivia, Uruguay and Peru.