Forest
Fires
All
Over
Costa
Rica
The
fire
at
Cerro
Chirripo
at
the
Talamanca
Mountain
Range,
began
to
expand
to
other
two
national
parks
in
Costa
Rica,
confirmed
on
Monday
the
Environment
Ministry
(Minaet).
The
latest
arson
attacks
consume
hectares
of
forest
in
Palo
Verde,
in
the
province
of
Guanacaste,
and
Tivives
on
Route
27,
in
Atenas,
emphasized
a
release
by
the
governmental
ministry.
These
fires,
caused
by
unknown,
so
far
affected
the
flora
and
fauna
of
700
thousand
hectares
in
the
three
protected
areas.
Much
of
the
Chirripo
National
Park
burned
for
15
days
and
the
process
of
extinguishing
the
flames
came
over
the
weekend
in
its
finishing
stage
said
Minaet.
The
state
agency
thanked
the
Government
of
Guatemala
for
their
collaboration
to
put
out
the
fire
in
the
territory,
which
will
take
three
decades
to
regenerate
after
this
event,
according
to
the
Association
for
the
Preservation
of
Flora
and
Fauna.
