More than 800 people have been left homeless in Chile due to wildfires that have raged in four areas of central Chile for three days, with the flames still raging from the hills to the sea in the Biobio region, one of the worst affected by the fire.
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Dozens of residents spent the night outdoors in the town of Dichato, near the coastal town of Concepción, about 500 kilometers south of Santiago, keeping their eyes on a large fire that turned the night orange from a hillside, emitting dangerous embers and making an ominous sound. .
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Others, who were evacuated on Saturday, took refuge in centers set up by the authorities, where volunteers and municipal officials worked hard to receive, classify and distribute the humanitarian aid received. Everyone’s faces are tired, and their hands are trembling with tension.
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The Dichato fire is one of 232 fires that remain active in the Newble, Biobio, La Araucania and Los Lagos regions. adequate means of dealing with them.
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On Saturday evening, in this small town adorned with colorful fishing boats, the fire consisted of several members of the CONAF brigade, a group of volunteer firefighters (not a professional organization in Chile) and residents armed with shovels and small hoses. and buckets and barrels of water.
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Fires have been largely unfighted from the air since they began, according to authorities because of weather conditions and, according to experts, because private companies have the resources to extinguish them and their pace is excessive.
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In the next few hours, an aircraft from the Spanish military emergency unit (UME) and a large-capacity aircraft hired by the government will arrive in the area.
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Government spokesman Camila Vallejo and other Chilean officials have urged private companies to increase their help with the logging effort, with a special request to logging companies, which experts say are responsible for the overexploitation of wood chips left behind. cleared fields and reforestation with species such as eucalyptus and pine.
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Camila Vallejo mentioned the causes of the fire and that, to date, 10 people have been arrested by security forces for their alleged involvement in the events, some caused by negligence and others deliberately.
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The Chilean government said this Sunday that there are 10 detainees for their alleged involvement in devastating fires that are destroying thousands of hectares in the center and south of the country, and that the death toll has risen to 24.
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According to the latest report from the National Service for the Prevention and Response to Natural Disasters (Senapred) of the Ministry of the Interior of Chile, there are currently 260 active fires throughout the country, of which 51 are active.
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The most affected regions are Nublé, Biobio and La Araucania, areas of intensive agricultural and forestry activity located 400, 500 and 700 km south of the capital respectively.
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The Chilean government has requested international assistance to fight the fire from countries such as Spain, Mexico, Argentina and the United States and has declared a state of disaster in the three most affected regions.
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The images are reminiscent of the wave of fires that hit southern Chile in 2017, the worst to date, which killed about a dozen people.
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Of the total deaths, 10 were in the city of Santa Juana in the Biobio region, where five of them were members of the same family.
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Source: RPP
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