COLOMBIA · ENVIRONMENT

Key Facts

—What happened: President De la Espriella declared a public calamity over the Tolima fires, with more than 50,000 hectares burned.

—How big: About 28,000 of the burned hectares are farmland, and 2,660 producers have lost crops or livelihoods.

—The catch: The government says the Tolima fires were set deliberately, by criminal hands, not sparked by accident.