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Tepoztlan, Mexico – 15 April 2025
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2. Fire on hill
3. Aerial of hill on fire next to town ++ MUTE ++
4. Close of smoke billowing from hill
5. Hill enveloped in smoke
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Perseo Quiroz, Tepoztlan mayor:
"The fight (against the fires) is being carried out in two ways. One on the ground, with more than 600 brigade members (emergency workers) deployed, plus volunteers from the municipality of Tepoztlan, from the community, who have joined the fight, and also from San José de los Laureles. In addition, the combat is being complemented with (water) drops by helicopters."
7. Firefighters and emergency personnel discussing strategies next to a water tanker
8. Pan on firefighters discussing plan to combat fire
9. Close of water pump
10. Close of tools used to combat fire
11. Parked helicopter next to pool used by helicopters to collect water
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Perseo Quiroz, Tepoztlan mayor:
"While it is true that fires have occurred year after year and that we are currently experiencing a critical season not only in the municipality but also in the entire country and the world, unfortunately we have some evidence that allows us to assume that these fires have been started by arson."
13. Smoke billowing from hill
14. Smoke blurring the sky
15. Various aerials of hill on fire ++ MUTE ++
STORYLINE:
At least four fires were burning in a national park near Mexico City on Tuesday, as dozens of blazes continue to rip through Mexico following the hottest February since 1953.
El Tepozteco National Park, the hills surrounding the town of Tepoztlan, is a weekend tourist destination some 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of the Mexican capital.
Six hundred emergency workers and two helicopters have been deployed to combat the fires, said Tepoztlan Mayor Perseo Quiroz.
Local volunteers were also assisting.
There were 114 active fires Monday in 23 of Mexico’s 32 states, according to authorities.
Twenty of the fires recorded Monday were hitting protected natural areas.
Some 470,000 acres (191,000 hectares) have burned in the first quarter of the year, compared to 168,000 acres (68,000 hectares) during the same period last year.
On Monday, Mexico’s National Coordinator of Civilian Protection, Laura Velázquez, explained that the fires have been triggered mainly by a lack of rainfall — which has been 32.7% lower this year than the 1991-2020 average — and an unusually hot February.
But Quiroz said local authorities have found "evidence that allows us to assume that these (Tepoztlan) fires have been started by arson."
Various prosecutors’ offices across the country were investigating similar allegations.
AP Video by Martín Silva Rey
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