Governor of Chubut, Ignacio Torres, confirmed that the justice system already has sufficient evidence to confirm that the fires were intentionally set. In this scenario, Chubut Province announced that it will appear as a complainant to ensure that those responsible face the maximum penalties. Although he acknowledged that recent rains brought temporary relief to emergency teams, he emphasized that the fight against the fire is far from over. The governor warned that the main area of the fire remains active and the housing situation is grave, with homes destroyed and families evacuated. "We will go to the ends of the earth for those responsible to answer to the law," the governor concluded, linking the disaster to a premeditated criminal act that put lives and protected natural resources at risk. The national government highlighted this Sunday the progress in the fight against the forest fires affecting Chubut, although the province warns that the main focus remains out of control. In a joint deployment between the Nation and the Province, the Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni, provided an encouraging outlook on the status of the fires ravaging Patagonia, according to the Argentine News Agency. The official confirmed through his social media X account that the operation has completely extinguished 22 of the 32 fires originally registered in Chubut territory. "Thanks to the heroic action of the 295 firefighters leading the fight against the fire, 22 of the 32 fires are completely extinguished," Adorni stated, listing in an extensive message "the areas of Government that deployed all their resources to fight the fire." Despite the positive data released by the Chief of Staff's Office, the governor of Chubut, Ignacio "Nacho" Torres, preferred to remain cautious. "There is no room to relax," he sentenced. One of the most critical points of the official report lies in the origin of the disaster.
