Tolima Fires Quintuple to 50,000 Hectares as Damage Mounts

COLOMBIA · DISASTER Key Facts —The new toll: The Tolima fires have now burned 50,000 hectares — nearly five times the 11,000 hectares reported on August 18. —The victims: Around 28,000 agricultural producers are affected, most of them smallholders growing coffee, plantain and food crops. —The damage: Losses are estimated at COP$75.3 billion (about US$23.4…