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A terrifying video is spreading on Twitter (X) as fast as the fire in Argentina is raging.

The video shows the situation in Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina as a fast-moving wildfire approaches the city from the surrounding hills.

It looks like a total hellscape. If this doesn’t make people realise climate catastrophe is happening now, then I don’t know what will.

While it is not immediately clear how many homes have been affected by the flames, hundreds of people were already evacuated yesterday in Argentina’s central Cordoba province as wildfires grow amid an intense heat wave.

You can’t make this stuff up:

Awful situation unfolding right now in Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina as a fast-moving wildfire is approaching the city. Multiple structures on fire. Urgent evacuations are underway. pic.twitter.com/6741nRG2ZV

— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) October 10, 2023

AP News reported that a total of 960 firefighters were working to combat the wildfires with eight firefighting planes and two helicopters, according to the provincial government’s statement on Tuesday evening.

“Currently a dozen homes have been totally or partially destroyed by the fire,” a volunteer at a local fire service told The Telegraph. “Three hundred people have been compulsorily evacuated, and 300 have self evacuated.”

“Civilians are suffering breathing difficulties, and there are a large number of dead farm animals. The fire remains active,” the volunteer added.

Local media reported that dozens of people had been evacuated, while the hope that rains expected for today should help quell the raging fire spreading rapidly due to strong winds.

🔥 MASSIVE wildfire/forest fire in Villa Carlos Paz, west of Córdoba, in central Argentina….pic.twitter.com/drJpQiedlz

— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) October 10, 2023

According to Argentina’s National Fire Management Service, there were five active wildfires in the region on Tuesday.

Massive forest fire in the Villa Carlos Paz of Córdoba, #Argentina #Fire pic.twitter.com/tW528b0H76

— Global News (@un121) October 10, 2023

Praying for safety as massive wildfire is raging outside the city of Villa Carlos Paz, which is a resort city of 56,000 people west of Córdoba in central Argentina.

A wild fire out of control in #Cabalango , urgent evacuation, the situation is desperate.

All because a 27 year… pic.twitter.com/adEFC1wmZe

— Master Arborist (@MasterArborist) October 11, 2023

It has been reported that a 27-year-old man, Ulises Xarate, has been detained for allegedly starting a fire Monday afternoon in an area close to the city of Villa Carlos Paz in the province’s Punilla region. Xarate reportedly told police he started a campfire to make coffee and lost control of the flames due to strong winds.

The disaster has been compounded by the adverse weather, though. The firefighting service said the conditions were “absolutely unfavourable” due to an unprecedented heat wave of 37 degrees, low humidity and strong winds of up to 35 kilometres per hour. The country is also experiencing a historic drought.

That spells climate change, essentially.

[source:apnews&telegraph]