Chile: four people died in a serious forest fire in the center of the country [VIDEO]

At least four people have died as a result of a massive forest fire that has engulfed the Central Region. biobioin Chile, the interior minister said this Friday, Caroline ToTo.

In statements to reporters, Minister Toha indicated that two of the victims “are people who were traveling along the main road” in a car, and another was doing the same on an internal road.

“In one case, they burned down because they got into a fire. In the other, they were probably trying to escape from the fire,” he said.

“All these people are confirmed cases that we want to regret and express our condolences to their families and acquaintances. This happened in the commune of Santa Juana, one of the affected communes, which will be given special attention today,” he added. .

local radio biobio indicated, for his part, that, according to his own information, the fourth victim forest fire volunteer firefighter who suffered a heart attack.

Boric interrupts vacation

The urgency of the situation, when the fire reached the settlements, and the army was mobilized for evacuation, led this Friday to the President ChileGabriel Borich, interrupt his holiday in Patagonia, in the far south, to travel to areas affected by forest fires.

The blaze destroyed more than 8,000 hectares, damaged hundreds of homes in the midst of a heat wave and forced wildlife to flee, such as a cougar hit by a car on a local highway.

“I have ordered the introduction of a decree on the constitutional exception of a catastrophe to combat the forest fires that affect the Biobio region and to ensure the safety of people. I will visit Chuble and Biobio region to accompany families. We are with you! The president announced this on his Twitter account.

On Thursday, Boric took a commercial flight to Patagonia to spend part of the holiday with his partner, Irina Karamanos, and was seen shopping in a supermarket in Coyhaique, the capital of Aisen, nearly 1,400 kilometers to the south, in the afternoon. Santiago.

Biobio in an emergency

The emergency announcement for the Biobio region is added to the announcement issued on Thursday evening for the neighboring Sublay region, 400 km south of the capital.

This measure allows the government, among other things, to more quickly deliver assistance to the victims and mobilize resources in these two regions with intensive agricultural and forestry activities.

According to the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) of the Ministry of the Interior, there are 37 forest fire in combat from the Santiago metropolitan area to the south, concentrating in the southern regions of Suble, Biobio and La Araucania.

According to the report, one hundred houses were also affected and a number of municipalities were evicted and their citizens took refuge in shelters.

forest fire They coincide with heat waves unprecedented in decades in the south and temperatures that can reach 40 degrees Celsius in the southern regions. (As reported by EFE)

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