Epuyén, Argentina, Jan 7, 2026 (AFP) - 3,000 tourists evacuated as Argentine Patagonia battles wildfires

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2026-01-07

Argentine authorities have evacuated some 3,000 tourists from a sparsely populated Patagonian district ravaged by wildfires for days, officials said Wednesday. Thousands of hectares of forest have been devoured since Monday in a part of Argentina still recovering a year on from its worst wildfires in three decades. Hundreds of firefighters with backup from helicopters and six water-bombing planes were working to contain the flames whipped up by h......

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