The Government of São Paulo carried out the largest aerial operation in history to combat forest fires in the state, this Saturday (14).
The administration mobilized all 20 state Civil Defense aircraft to control active fires.
At the height of the action, determined by the government’s Crisis Cabinet, four planes and 10 helicopters were used simultaneously, which fought the fires in 22 municipalities.
On Saturday night, 12 cities still have active outbreaks, according to Civil Defense. Look cities with ongoing incidents:
- Franco da Rocha
- Carmo Park
- Banana plantation
- Support
- Brotas
- Caconde
- Campinas
- Clean Field of Paulista
- Holy Spirit of Pinhal
- Mococa
- Itirapua
- Castilho
The governor of SP, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) was at the Emergency Management Center (CGE) to monitor the work of the authorities, this afternoon (14).
In early September, the government released R$5.9 million for the contracting of 120 hours of monitoring flights and 300 hours of aerial combat, a total of 420 hours.
The reinforcement was added to the other 1,400 flight hours already contracted by the Secretariat of Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics (Semil) and Civil Defense to act in the fires.
Since 2023, the state government has invested more than R$170 million in Operation SP Sem Fogo. In addition, the São Paulo government invested another R$152 million in the purchase of 125 vehicles for the Fire Department and in the acquisition of vehicles and equipment for the Civil Defense to act in the fight against fires.
This content was originally published in SP government carries out largest aerial operation in history against fires on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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