Wildfires destroyed more than 500 hectares of forest in western Cuba

PNAR DEL RÍO, Cuba, May 26 (ACN) About 540 hectares (ha) of forest were hit in the last few days in the province of Pinar del Río by two massive fires, put out after days of intense struggle.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Pereda Burón, head of the provincial Forest Ranger Corps (CGB), remarked that the fires were suppressed with the help of local agro-forestry enterprises.

So far this year, more than 1,000 hectares in this province have been