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Colombia’s high-altitude Andean wetlands ravaged by devastating forest fires

By The City Paper Staff - January 24, 2024

Colombia battles a severe environmental crisis with 21 forest fires, fueled by unseasonably high temperatures and an extended El Niño weather pattern, threatening fragile biodiversity and the Andean high-altitude wetlands.

Heat wave causes wildfires to rage in Bogotá’s Cerros Orientales

By The City Paper Staff - January 22, 2024

Amidst a relentless heat wave, wildfires blaze in Bogotá’s Cerros Orientales, fueled by the El Niño phenomenon, prompting a city-wide firefighting effort and heightened vigilance.

As wildfires burn in Sumapaz, Bogotá’s pollution at hazardous levels

By The City Paper Staff - February 7, 2020

Lack of rainfall and extreme temperatures in the Sumapaz National Park have caused three wildfires to blaze out of control. Bogotá’s fire department is on the scene.