The woods inferno is currently ravaging Cerro Azul, in the north of the coastal city.

The National Electricity Corporation (CNEL EP) reported that the threat from flames prompted the cautionary disconnection of electric lines that supply the antennas in the area, where the Fire Department and technicians are fighting the flames, which have already consumed 36 hectares of vegetation.

Over 120 firefighters and 36 special firefighting vehicles are trying to extinguish the fire, indicated the public company Segura EP.

The Minister of the Environment and in charge of Energy and Mines, Inés Manzano, who presides over the National Emergency Operations Committee, is supervising operations from the Unified Command Post, where Roberto Luque, head of Transportation and Public Works, is also located.

According to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Guayaquil is experiencing a heat wave that facilitates the spread of forest fires. For about two weeks in November, the fire affected areas of the southern provinces of Azuay and Loja, including national parks areas. ied/oda/avr