Boric maintained that there are “indications” that they are generated by the burning
The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, said today that there are “indications” that some of the more than 170 active forest fires in the country were caused by unauthorized burning.
The President interrupted his vacation to visit the Biobío region, declared in a state of catastrophe, on a day in which there were five deaths from the fire in the commune of Santa Juana.
He assured that “all state forces will be deployed to fight the fires“And regarding the cause of the start of the fire, he announced that there are “indications” that some sources were caused by unauthorized burning.
“The Armed Forces and Carabineros they will be patrolling and doing preventive patrols throughout the areaadded the head of state.
On the other hand, he referred to the fatalities left by this great fire and maintained: “Once the emergency We are going to take charge and accompany the communities and the victims in everything necessary“.
The Chilean Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, also spoke about the victims of the fire: “We had confirmation of four people dead, They are people who traveled by vehicle, in one case on the main road and in the other on an interior road“, explained the minister and explained that” in a case they burned because they were hit by fire and in the other they suffered an accident probably trying to escape from the fire”.
Tohá regretted the fact and announced that Saint Joan is “targeted as one of the places where main attention“.
Regarding the measures to deal with forest fires, the Minister of the Interior reported that “a series of efforts in the last few hours to reinforce the teams with which you are working“, and pointed out that of the 63 planes available to the National Forestry Corporation, “a increase of 10 additional aircraft“.
Source: Ambito
