Exhausting heat has provoked forest fires in Chile. | Fountain: AFP
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Chile’s President Gabriel Boric appealed this Saturday for international help to stop a serious wave of forest fires devastating thousands of hectares in the center and south of the country.
“I just spoke with President Fernandez to agree and thank the Argentine Republic for its support in fighting the fires. In addition to the members of the brigade, we will receive equipment,” he said. Gabriel Boric on his Twitter account.
“We are looking for support from different countries to cope with the emergency. We will not leave them alone!” added the president, who on Friday cut short his vacation in Patagonia for Chile visit areas affected by the fire and coordinate actions in Santiago.
Interior Minister Carolina Toja had explained hours earlier in a press conference that assistance was also being requested from countries such as Mexico, Brazil and Spain.
Death toll and damage
serious wave forest fire It resulted in 22 deaths, at least 16 injuries and the destruction of more than 45,000 hectares, mainly in the regions of Suble, Biobio and La Araucania, areas of intensive agricultural and forestry activity located 400, 500 and 700 kilometers to the south. capitals, respectively.
“At the moment we have a very heavy, very painful balance of 22 people who have died,” said Interior Minister Carolina Toha, who warned that “the numbers are changing every minute” and that the situation is “very complex.” .”
The Chilean government has decreed a constitutional exception in the event of a catastrophe, allowing for faster delivery of aid to victims and mobilization of resources, among other measures.
There are 251 active fires in total.
According to the latest report from the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) of the Ministry of the Interior Chileat the moment 251 forest fire operate throughout the country, of which 80 are in combat.
forest fire They coincide with a prolonged drought that has lasted for more than 13 years, and with an unprecedented heat wave in the south, with temperatures in the southern regions likely to reach 40 degrees Celsius in the coming hours.
The Met Office said this Saturday that the heat wave will last until next Wednesday and will affect 7 of the country’s 16 regions.
The images are like a wave forest fire who hit south Chile in 2017, the most serious so far and in which a dozen people died. (As reported by EFE)
The regions of Biobio, Suble and La Araucania have been hardest hit by the fires, which have already destroyed more than 45,000 hectares in Chile. | Fountain: EFE
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