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Chilean Super Puma Helicopter deployed to combat Argentine Patagonia wildfires

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Ecocopter+Helisul, through CONAF, has sent a Super Puma AS332 C1 helicopter from Chile to help fight devastating wildfires in Argentine Patagonia. The fires have already destroyed over 34,000 hectares across Nahuel Huapi and Lanín National Parks, fueled by extreme heat and strong winds. The Super Puma, capable of carrying 3,500 litres of water with a […]

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Chilean Super Puma Helicopter deployed to combat Argentine Patagonia wildfires

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“Super Puma” helicopter joins fire fighting El Manzano

The regional presidential delegate of Los Lagos, Paulina Muñoz, along with the regional director of Conaf Los Lagos, Miguel Leiva, and the director(s) of Senapred Los Lagos, Cristián González, this afternoon received the helicopter “Super Puma” at the La Paloma airfield in Puerto Montt in preparation. This aircraft has a capacity of 4000 litres of water, which is equivalent to more than 4 times the capacity of the light helicopters, and is added…

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