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Chubut Wildfires Trigger Arson Investigation and $50 Million Reward, Forcing Mass Evacuations

Low visibility grounded aircraft during large evacuations across the Andean zone.

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El golpe que recibió el hombre cuando cayó el vidrio.
Una mujer entró a una comisaría de Misiones y se prendió fuego.
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Overview

  • Prosecutors reported gases compatible with accelerants at ignition points near Puerto Patriada and ruled out an electrical fault.
  • Governor Ignacio “Nacho” Torres announced a 50 million–peso reward for information, with Interior Minister Diego Santilli and fiscal Carlos Díaz Mayer outlining channels for tips.
  • More than 3,000 people were evacuated as fire advanced through El Hoyo and Epuyén, Route 40 was cut due to smoke, and aerial operations were suspended for lack of visibility.
  • The Lago Puelo prosecutor’s office leads the probe with the Investigations Brigade, Criminalistics, and PFA support, including soil samples sent to a federal lab and canines deployed to detect residues.
  • Separately, a 63-year-old woman who set herself on fire inside the Campo Grande police station in Misiones remains in intensive care, and in Mar del Plata a 24-year-old man was shot dead before his home was torched as a 21-year-old suspect is sought under prosecutor Florencia Salas.