Projects fire

A Category 3 alarm fire Saturday night December 5, 2015 was recorded in the Cerro Colorado protected forest, located northwest of Guayaquil. Initially, the Fire Department of the city mobilized nine units to control the flames. The fire was spotted along the highway Narcisa of Jesus. It was also observed from some surrounding towns in this area, as the Metropolis complex. Given the magnitude of the fire, Major Fernando Ayala, head of the Forestry Division, ordered to reinforce the operation. In total, 14 units, two ambulances and 100 volunteers attended the emergency. The situation was controlled about 22:00, as firefighters reported on his Twitter account. Other aid agencies were operating pending. Public Enterprise National Parks and Public Spaces reported that, according to data provided by the firefighters, "presumably was caused". "The Ministry of Environment submitted the respective complaint and conduct investigations", said in a statement. In addition, biologists and a team run a site monitoring. Cerro Colorado is a remnant of tropical dry forest on the coast. The fire reports have been widespread in recent years. Last August, one and a half hectares of forest were affected. According to the Ministry of Environment, in 2011 approximately 75 hectares affected by forest fires in this area. Last year the figure was 35 hectares. Carob, yellow, bototillo, guachapelí were some of the flora that were lost on that date. Technicians also detected wildlife species affected by habitat loss, as red-headed parrots, hawks, anis, bakers, caciques, boas, lizards, among others.