This fires in the center-south region Chili pepper In the eastern summer, they wreak havoc again and once again reveal an undeniable intention. political background. Minister gabriel boric He confirmed that the death toll had risen to 26. The number of injured people, which has been officially recorded, is close to 600, and 16 of them are in serious condition. The fire destroyed 1,559 homes. The hectare consumed by the flames is 279,154. A extreme temperatureup to 40 degrees and drought its long standing supported its spread. Firefighters bravely fought 51 of the 260 sources available, the most dangerous. The persistence of high temperatures complicates the tasks.
Chile received strong international support to deal with the disaster. Spain He sent 50 soldiers from the Emergency Military Unit (UME) and drones. Argentina And Mexican They cooperate with brigade members and helicopters. United States Ten Tanker aircraftWith a storage capacity of 36,000 liters, it landed in the city of Concepción to join the firefighting. Boric said that the plane came to the country as part of an agreement between the State and the private sector to combat the incident. “We’ve seen how operations continue to save lives and put out the fire, while also being on the ground to quickly provide more help people need,” the young president said.
“we will not leave you alone. We know we are going through tough times, but I have a deep belief that by working together we will move forward and get back on our feet.” Kilometers south of Santiago and the heart of the indigenous Mapuche community is one of the areas most affected by llamas.
2017 precedent
The flames of the present bring the memory historical 2017 disaster, 467,000 hectares of fields were destroyed for similar reasons as now. In this incident, 11 people lost their lives and more than 1,500 houses were destroyed. The common point of both parts is a first spark in agricultural fields and forests. The fire then spread to residential areas.
The government reported that 10 people were arrested for alleged responsibility in the “” incident.deliberate fireThe Defense Movement for Access to Water, Land and Environmental Protection (MODATIMA) asked Boric to make a non-holding decision in addition to fighting the flames. “this forest model” Inherited from the last military dictatorship and decisive in the disaster. Legislative Decree 701 of 1974 “only benefited the Chilean business elite through million-dollar subsidies for planting monocultures of pine and eucalyptus, settling massively in rural and semi-urban areas without any regulation, and allowed the local forest, the local forest to be destroyed. biodiversity loss and directly affecting water availability”.