Colombia declares public calamity as wildfire threatens popular tourist area

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What happened

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 in…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:13:23 UTC.

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