Colombia declares public calamity as wildfire threatens popular tourist area

Wildfire forces evacuations and burns through mountains surrounding Villa de Leyva in the north-east Colombian authorities declared a public calamity as a wildfire burned through mountains surrounding one of the country’s best-known colonial towns…
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RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published2 h ago (Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:13:23 GMT)
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AuthorAssociated Press in Bogotá