‘The sun didn’t sting so much before’: fires stun Colombia’s Andes
A firefighter in Nemocon, Colombia on January 26, 2024. The once bright green Andean forest where Maria Yadira Jimenez worked as a tour guide has been reduced to ashes. Since Monday, forest fires have been advancing on Nemocon, a rural area with beautiful landscapes about 60 kilometers (37 miles) outside the Colombian capital Bogota. Though