Tag: Chiquitanía

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  Heavy rain helps put out the fires in Bolivia that have ravaged millions of hectares

  

  Heavy rain that has drenched eastern Bolivia's Chiquitania tropical savanna has put out fires that have ravaged millions of hectares in recent months, authorities said on Sunday.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 11:49 UTC

  Argentine firefighter hospitalised in Bolivia for smoke poisoning

  

  Argentine forest firefighter Jhonatan Villalva had to be ferried Wednesday to a medical facility after suffering from poisoning by smoke as a result of his deployment to the fire-plagued Chiquitanía area in Bolivia.