Some 45 fires were reported in the first two weeks of 2007 in Montería, capital of the northwestern Colombian department of Córdoba, affecting pastures and brushland, Jorge Arbeláez, commander of the local fire department, told Tierramérica. Some 45 fires were reported in the first two weeks of 2007 in Montería, capital of the northwestern Colombian department of Córdoba, affecting pastures and brushland, Jorge Arbeláez, commander of the local fire department, told Tierramérica.