Overview
- A residential blaze in El Alto during the early hours of Sunday, July 12 resulted in one confirmed death identified by the surname Marioni and one person rescued and taken to hospital with burns and carbon monoxide inhalation.
- Firefighters, police and neighbours rescued an occupant before the house was fully engulfed and emergency crews extinguished the fire at the scene.
- The on‑duty Fiscalía ordered perimeter security and dispatched technical teams and police peritos to carry out forensic examinations to establish how the fire started.
- The Servicio Meteorológico Nacional has active yellow alerts for persistent rain in western Río Negro and southwest Neuquén and a yellow alert for Zonda wind in southern Mendoza, with gusts that can exceed 70 km/h and cause reduced visibility and rapid temperature rises.
- Regional forecasts also show a short mid‑July warm spell, with temperatures in provinces such as Santa Fe expected to approach 26°C, a shift that combined with strong, dry Zonda winds can raise fire risk, strain infrastructure and aggravate respiratory problems.