Are there fires in mexico?

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migueldelasalle

If you mean like the horrible fires raging in California...not yet. So far the fire in southern San Diego county hasn't crossed the border. We are, however, smothered in smoke and ashes. Schools were closed today and will stay closed tomorrow and folks are being asked to stay indoors if they don't have to be out. The winds are still blowing strong and seem to be getting stronger right now as the sun has just set a little while ago.

We do have fire-fighters here but, as you can imagine, our resources are nothing like what's available on the US side of the border so, hopefully, the fires won't spread in this direction.

Chinguis Jan

The fire exists everywhere.
Nothing.
Yes, Mexico is not a huge jungle.

viajero_intergalactico

I was in Tijuana this sunday and man was it filled with smoke and ash from a fire burning in Tecate (which is just east of Tijuana). I was flabbergasted to see smoke and fires in Tecate, then in san diego, then in ocean side, then in irvine then in malibu as i drove north.

i understand that there is a fire further north by magic mtn too.
geez, that was a wierd drive.

Espresso Kid

Yes there are fires, and yes Mexico have fire departments too.
Mexico has active volcanoes, some heavy earthquakes. The most diversive wildlife on the planet. The most ecoregions on the planet. Some of the most beautiful women are Mexican.
There are many Mexican cool things in Mexico.

Nayita

Yes there are fires in Mexico, like everywhere else. What's happening with them is that they are being extinguished by fire fighters, and yes by MEXICAN fire fighters, believe it or not!

weechi

of course. but house fires are very rare. this is because most electrical work is still done on the outside of the walls, not the inside like the US. also, the materials used to contruct homes are not as flamable....such as cement, stone, brick, etc...

patsmight

no 20 years ago the president created a law that made fires illegal. and firefighters playpoker with batman every friday night. (yes there are fires in mexico and when a fires occurs firefighters go to turn it off, though the mexican firefighters are not as good as firefighters from the us.)

lpaganus

A small fire in Tecate and one in Ensenada, and yes there are not only fire departments here in Baja and elsewhere, but some Baja firefighters went up to San Diego to help out. And yes, they all came back.

Note...yes they will rescue a cat and if you have a bee swarm, they'll come and get it and take it to a beekeeper in the area. Very versatile these bomberos.

bassmeister-D

Forest and brush fires? The usual season for that in Mexico is late spring-at the end of the dry season. Some of them are caused by spontaneous combustion, some by negligence. My personal opinion is that most are set deliberately. Many are set by farmers clearing field by burning and the burning gets out of control or sparks are carried into dry timber. Others are intentional arson made to look accidental, if the woodland next to your field is fedaral property, but it gets burned down the govt. declares it a disaster and puts the usable timber and the land up for bid. It is not very difficult to set things up with the bureaucrat in charge of receiving and choosing bids. Do that and you get cheap timber for resale plus a bit more cheap land.

Also I have seen people in the act of maliciously setting grassfires.

Yes we have firefighters in Mexico. They are not well equiped or trained. Many times fires are just allowed to burn themselves out.

Lprod

Duh, of course!!! We have forest fires too, and houses and buildings do burn from time to time too..... and yeah we also have cats that need to be rescued from a high roof sometimes. OF COURSE we have fire fighters....... what, you thought we lived under the water??? Well, sorry to disappoint you my friend.... we don't.

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