Wildfire burns 1,235 acres in central Colombia
A forest fire has so far destroyed over 1,235 acres of woodland between the municipalities of Ibague and Espinal in the central Colombian department of Tolima, an Interior Ministry official…
A forest fire has so far destroyed over 1,235 acres of woodland between the municipalities of Ibague and Espinal in the central Colombian department of Tolima, an Interior Ministry official…
Three Navy personnel died on Monday during a fire on a gunboat in the southwest Colombia department of Putumayo, reports El Espectador. According to authorities, the fire apparently broke out…
Three children aged under 10 died, and their mother remains in a critical condition, after a fire at their home in Caqueta, southern Colombia, reports radio station Caracol. The father of…
Farmers from a rural area in Colombia’s Norte de Santander department allege that on Tuesday Venezuelan soldiers crossed the border into Colombia and fired shots into the air. “They entered…
Victims of a fire that destroyed almost 200 households in a suburb of the central Colombian city of Medellin on Wednesday are receiving food and shelter from the local government…
At least 70 houses were burned to the ground in a fire of unknown origin in the western Medellin suburb of Alto de la Virgen on Wednesday evening. A loud…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will visit the fire-destroyed town of Riosucio, in the north-west Choco department Tuesday, to observe the reconstruction effort and to speak to locals who lost everything…
Colombia’s Ministry of the Interior says that the mayor’s office was negligent in not having a fire department to fight the blaze that destroyed at least 60 houses and left…
One hundred and twenty DAS employees so far have lost their jobs due to the restructuring of the scandal-hit Colombian security agency, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. DAS director Felipe Muñoz…