Fire rages for weeks in Argentina's Patagonia

Several sources of fire have been active for weeks in the Argentine provinces of Neuquen, Rio Negro and Chubut (south), where the flames have consumed thousands of hectares of native forest, amid adverse weather conditions, according to the authorities.

View of a huge fire in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) south of Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

Fire brigade members look at the forest during fires in Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

Fire brigades monitor the forest during fires in Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

Forest guards check the area of fire from Route 40, in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, 70 kilometers south of Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

A firefighter works to extinguish a fire that broke out in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, 70 kilometers south of Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

Forest guards check the area of fire from Route 40, in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, 70 kilometers south of Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 24, 2021.

Local people and firefighters hurry to make a firebreak as huge fires rage in the area around Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro Province, 70 kilometers south of Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 24, 2021.

A huge fire rips through Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, Argentina, Dec. 23, 2021.

A fire brigade member runs from the fire during forest fires in Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

Tree branches burn as forest fires develop in Alumine, Neuquen, Argentina, Dec. 26, 2021.

View of a huge fire from Route 40 in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, 70 kilometers south of Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, 70 kilometers south of Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

View of a huge fire behind Route 40 in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, 70 kilometers south of Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

A fire truck is seen by Route 40 behind a smoke cloud caused by a huge fire in Araje Villegas, Rio Negro province, Dec. 29, 2021.

A smoke cloud caused by a huge fire as seen from Route 40, in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, Dec. 24, 2021.

View of a huge fire in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, Dec. 29, 2021.

Ashes surround trees after forest fires developed in Alumine, Neuquen, Argentina, Dec. 26, 2021.

A plane flies over the zone of a huge fire in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, Argentina, Dec. 24, 2021.

Smoke billows from a huge forest fire near Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro Province, 70 kilometers south of Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 24, 2021.

Smoke billows from a huge forest fire seen from Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro Province, Argentina, Dec. 24, 2021.

View of a huge fire in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, 70 kilometers south of Bariloche, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

View of a huge fire in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out in Paraje Villegas, Rio Negro province, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.

A fire brigade takes a break after fighting forest fires in Alumine, Neuquen, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2021.