Over 200 fires put Monterrey metro area on alert

The metropolitan country of Monterrey, Nuevo León, reported 239 fires crossed the metropolis owed to beardown winds and a acold front, according to Gov. Samuel García.  

In an interrogation for quality outlet Milenio connected Tuesday night, García said that Nuevo León had experienced an “atypical” day.

Hoy vivimos un día atípico en todo el estado con un frente frío que provocó tolvaneras e incendios en la ciudad. Gracias a Dios van 0 heridos y solo quedan 5 incendios por sofocar durante la madrugada. Acá te lo explico en mi entrevista en Milenio. pic.twitter.com/GojNpgRJ4O

— Samuel García (@samuel_garcias) March 5, 2025

Nuevo León Gov. Samuel García gave an interrogation to the Mexican quality outlet Milenio Tuesday, successful which helium said that galore of the fires started successful vacant lots.

“We are experiencing an atypical time passim the authorities with a acold beforehand that caused particulate storms and fires successful the city,” García said, adding that determination had been nary reports of injuries.

Firefighters had extinguished 236 of the fires by Wednesday, with 3 remaining progressive successful the municipalities of Monterrey, García and Santa Catarina, according to an X station by García earlier today. The second 2 municipalities are portion of the Monterrey metropolitan zone.

García besides told Milenio that galore of the fires had started successful vacant lots. 

Gov. García said that aerial enactment and members of the state’s Phoenix Brigade and Civil Protection, arsenic good arsenic the national Defense Ministry (Defensa), National Guard and National Forestry Commission (Conafor), proceed to enactment to enactment down the state’s remaining fires. 

In Monterrey, a wood occurrence is presently affecting 3 hectares connected Cerro del Topo Chico mountain. The occurrence is 50% contained and is 40% nether control, authorities said. 

In Santa Catarina, flames person damaged 23 hectares on the García highway. According to authorities, the occurrence started successful a vacant batch earlier spreading to a car batch and past an car parts store.

Conditions astatine a occurrence on the road betwixt the municipalities of Santa Catarina and García were worsened by fume from a adjacent wildfire connected the Cerro del Topo Chico mountain. (Cuartoscuro)

In García, 20 hectares person been consumed by fire, which besides originated successful a vacant batch earlier spreading to the buildings of respective companies successful the area.

Monterrey was the astir affected, with 73 reports of fires. The fig of fires reported successful different municipalities of the metropolitan portion included: 

• García: 48 fires, 3 of which were considered of “greater magnitude.” 
• General Escobedo: 40 
• Apodaca: 34
• Santa Catarina: 33 
• Guadalupe: 32

Due to the fires, the Environment Ministry expanded the state’s biology contingency alert which had already been activated anterior to the fires. Authorities called connected residents to debar immoderate enactment outdoors until existent conditions improve.

So far, 10 radical person been arrested arsenic suspects successful immoderate of the incidents. While authorities person not elaborated connected what relation these suspects mightiness person played successful the fires, Nuevo León does person a instrumentality — arsenic bash galore municipalities and states successful Mexico — requiring vacant tons to beryllium cleared by definite ineligible deadlines. Noncompliant landowners tin find their tons summarily cleared by the metropolis and look a fine. As a result, it’s a commonly known signifier crossed Mexico for landowners to cheaply comply with specified laws by mounting their batch connected fire.

One of the 3 yearly deadlines for Nuevo León landowners to wide vacant tons is successful March. 

With reports from Infobae, Nmas, and Vanguardia