‘Catastrophe’: Firefighters, Volunteers Battle Blazes in Argentina’s North

‘Catastrophe’: Firefighters, Volunteers Battle Blazes in Argentina’s North
Destroyed bicylces lie on charred earth after a wildfire in a region hit by drought and high temperatures, near Santo Tome, province of Corrientes, Argentina, on Feb. 21, 2022. Matias Baglietto/Reuters
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ITUZAINGÓ, Argentina—Luis Candia is battling to put out raging wildfires in Argentina’s northern Corrientes province, which have scarred the region burning over 800,000 hectares of land, more than twice the size of Rhode Island.

With a water pack on his back and his face covered to protect him from the smoke and flames, the volunteer who joined firefighting teams told Reuters that the region that borders with Paraguay was fighting for its future.