A group of Brazilian tourists was fined this last weekend for entering a prohibited area of the Nahuel Huapi National Parklocated in the Lake District, in Argentine Patagonia. The infraction occurred after the visitors failed to comply with the instructions in the stadium area. Black Snowdrift and they will reach the coast of the lagoon, an area of fragile soil that presents a danger of collapse.
According to the National Park administration, tourists “They descended to the shore of the lagoon ignoring the existing signagewhich clearly indicates the prohibition of access, and they surpassed the railing installed to prevent entry to said sector.” After this verification, They were fined for an amount that did not transcend.
The identification of the offenders was achieved thanks to the collaboration National Gendarmeriereported the media Black River. After the event, National Parks delimited the area and restricted public access, so visitors can only reach the viewpoint that is conditioned for observing the lake.
“The Ventisquero Negro area presents particular conditions of fragility and risk. The soil is made up of glacial moraines, composed of poorly consolidated materials, with unstable slopes and the presence of loose rocks. The traffic of people in these sectors increases the possibilities of landslides, landslides and rock falls, “which could cause serious accidents,” they stated from the local administration.
In addition, the local media indicated that the Nahuel Huapi service providers provided audiovisual material with which they later National Gendarmerie identified the people who did not comply with the instructions. At that time, the tourists were in the Pampa Linda and Saltillo de las Nalcas sectors.
The infraction motivated the National Parks authorities to insist on the importance of respecting the signsthe instructions of the staff and the areas enabled for public use; measures that seek to protect both the safety of people and the conservation of natural environments of high value and fragility.
Fire on the shores of Lake Nahuel Huapi
During the second week of May, a major fire broke out in a historic hotel in Barilocheknown for being in the first kilometers of Bustillo Avenue, lake front Nahuel Huapi.
He Hotel Huemulan establishment that has more than 70 years and is located at 1500 Ezequiel Bustillo Avenue, it was quickly punished by flames in an area surrounding where the violation by the Brazilian tourists took place.
Local authorities maintained that the fire originated from a burning of dry leaves that got out of control. A woman and two firefighters They were assisted by medical personnel carbon monoxide inhalation. For their part, the brigade members were transferred to the San Carlos Hospital in Bariloche and there were no fatalities.
