Wildfires rage in the Patagonian provinces of Chubut, Neuquen, Santa Cruz and Rio Negro as well as southern Buenos Aires province

Wildfires rage in the Patagonian provinces of Chubut, Neuquen, Santa Cruz and Rio Negro as well as southern Buenos Aires province

 Martin LEVICOY

Argentine authorities have evacuated some 3,000 tourists from a sparsely populated Patagonian district ravaged by wildfires for days, officials said Wednesday.

Thousands of hectares of forest have been devoured since Monday in a part of Argentina still recovering a year on from its worst wildfires in three decades.

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