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Chile: government imposes curfew in the south of the country due to forest fires

The death toll is 24 people, and the number of injured reaches 2180. | Fountain: EFE | Photographer: Adrian Thomas

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The Chilean government has announced a curfew in the regions of Biobio, Suble and La Araucania. a wave of fires that engulfed areas of the center and south of the country. This tragedy claimed the lives of 24 people.

The measure, which will take place this Thursday following a meeting between Chilean authorities and each region’s defense chiefs, aims to “guarantee the safety of families affected by the emergency,” according to BioBio Chile.

“We had an important region with the commanders-in-chief of the three services of the Armed Forces and the chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where I let them know that the Government considered it necessary to impose a curfew,” Chilean President Gabriel Boric said in a press statement.

“We talked, saw the pros and cons, and it is the heads of the Ministry of Defense who will determine in which provinces and at what time,” the president added in his statements.

In this context Gabriel Boric He announced the authorization of a decree on the requisition of tools, equipment and even water to deal with the consequences of an emergency.

“We are not here to take pictures, but to work, and in this sense, we have the entire government, its authorities, as well as municipal and regional authorities working together,” he said.

The meteorological situation continues with high temperatures, so the red warnings continue in the regions of Biobio, Suble and La Araucania, as well as various places in the regions of Maule, Los Rios or Los Lagos.

Hundreds of military personnel are working on destruction missions, in which countries both from Latin America and outside the region are cooperating, providing equipment and personnel.

active fires

According to the latest report from the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) of the Ministry of the Interior ChileThere are an estimated 311 active fires in the country – 10 more than on Tuesday, of which 180 are under control and 84 are out of control – 15 more than the day before – and are expanding.

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, when temperatures in the southern regions could 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.

(According to Europa Press and EFE)

Source: RPP

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