{"id":12713,"date":"2026-08-24T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=12713"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:44:52","slug":"colombia-ombudsman-urges-national-support-as-tolima-wildfires-burn-over-20000-hectares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/colombia-ombudsman-urges-national-support-as-tolima-wildfires-burn-over-20000-hectares-24082026\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia Ombudsman Urges National Support as Tolima Wildfires Burn Over 20,000 Hectares"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Active fires were reported in the municipalities of Su\u00e1rez, San Luis, Armero, Coello and Guamo, among others, while fire emergencies were also recorded in Nari\u00f1o, in the southwest, and Caldas, in the center of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/colombia-earthquake-death-toll-to-329\/\">Colombia Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 329<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency said in a statement that the emergency continues to put communities, homes, ecosystems and livelihoods at risk. It asked the national government and the entities that make up the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) to maintain and strengthen support in Tolima, establish a national response plan, and adopt fire prevention measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ombudsman\u2019s Office also urged citizens to follow the recommendations of environmental and risk-management authorities, including not discarding cigarette butts, matches, glass or other items that could start a fire; making responsible use of water and energy; and ensuring water, food and shelter for animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The institution further warned that conditions could worsen because the flames threaten to spread amid droughts that are beginning to appear due to the El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon in that central part of Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the UNGRD, as of Sunday there were ten active fires and seven controlled fires nationwide, while another 75 had been extinguished over the previous seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: vmmh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: agencies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: teleSUR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Active fires were reported in the municipalities of Su&aacute;rez, San Luis, Armero, Coello and Guamo, among others, while fire emergencies were also recorded in Nari&ntilde;o, in the southwest, and Caldas,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[42],"class_list":["post-12713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"authors":[{"term_id":42,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"radio-habana-cuba","display_name":"Radio Habana Cuba","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12715,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713\/revisions\/12715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12713"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=12713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}