Aerial photography showing the Achupallas sector, affected by forest fires in Viña del Mar.
EFE/ Adriana Thomasa
Aerial photograph showing the Achupallas sector, affected by forest fires in Viña del Mar.
Boric stated that it is 'the biggest tragedy' since the earthquake of February 27, 2010.
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The number of deaths in the devastating fires that hit the Valparaíso region100 kilometers west of Santiago, increased to 112of which only 32 have been identified, reported this Sunday night by the Chilean Undersecretary of the Interior, Manuel Monsalve.
After the meeting of the Disaster Risk Management Committee (Cogrid), based on the latest data collected by the Legal Medical Service (SML), the authorities of that country detailed that there would be a total of almost 40,000 people affected by the destruction of housing – whether completely or of lesser intensity.
(In context: Fires in Chile do not give a truce: more than 100 dead and missing confirmed)
Follow the news about the fires in Chile and the rescue activities for the victims here.
This is how the work to control the fire is going
The forecasts indicate that, if the weather and the work continue, the largest outbreak, that of the Lago Peñuelas/Las Tablas Reserve, next to the main highway in the area, which has already burned about 8,500 hectares, and that of Lo Moscoso, in Quilpué, with 1,550 hectares burned, could be controlled during the next few days.
“There is no imminent risk to people's lives, but they are active and work continues,” Monsalve added.
The number of deaths in the devastating fires that hit the Valparaíso region increased to 112, of which only 32 have been identified.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric (center) speaking with residents of Quilpue affected by forest fires in Viña del Mar, Chile.
Marcelo Segura. AFP
Boric regrets the tragedy
Chilean President Gabriel Boric said that “it is the greatest tragedy we have experienced as a country since the earthquake of February 27, 2010.”
“The main change is that we are going to stop having extreme conditions, high temperatures will remain, but not extreme, and we will have cloudiness in the mornings, which is more favorable for fire control,” he explained about this Monday's operations.
Tragedy projection
According to the official projection, which has yet to be verified on the ground, in Viña del Mar there would be an impact of up to 12,122 homes, while in Quilpué, another of the epicenters of the fire, there would be 2,700.
This is how the Achupallas sector remained, affected by forest fires in Viña del Mar, Valparaiso Region (Chile).
Adriana Thomasa. EFE
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