Nicaragua declined the offer of the Costa Rican Fire Department to provide support in the forest fires that affect that country.
According to a statement from the Fire Department on Facebook, the Deputy Minister of the Interior of Nicaragua, Luis Cañas, thanked Costa Rica for its collaboration in dealing with the forest fire affecting the Rio Indio Maíz Biological Reserve.
However, he reported that the Nicaraguan army added more troops to fire control, so that Costa Rican aid is no longer necessary.
Costa Rican firefighters mobilized Monday to the Nicaraguan border, but they begin to return before the official communication that the neighboring country is handling the fire with its own resources.