The Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its support for the Chilean government through its social networks.
The Uruguayan Foreign Ministry expressed his solidarity with the chilean government which has been going through forest fires since last Friday in the Valparaíso region, leaving, so far, 51 dead.
“The Uruguayan government expresses its solidarity with the Chilean people and deeply regrets the victims and victims of the fires in the area of Valparaiso. Faced with this situation, it offers its support to the authorities in these difficult times,” published the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on their social networks.
The central tourist region of Chili, Valparaíso is going through forest fires that left 51 dead. In addition to the human losses, there are between 3,000 and 6,000 homes affected in the deadliest forest fires of the last decade, according to the Undersecretary of the Interior of Chili, Manuel Monsalve.
Meanwhile, from the La Moneda palace, in Santiago de ChilePresident Gabriel Boric He anticipated that the victims will “increase” given the “dimension” that “the tragedy” is taking, which also leaves 43,000 hectares burned.
The most affected areas are near the Pacific beaches, 80 and 120 km northwest of Santiago, where companies operate. winegrowing, agricultural and lumber companies. Furthermore, during this season, Valparaiso It also receives a large number of tourists.
With this, the authorities declared a night curfew in Viña del Mar and three other towns starting at nine at night and issued new evacuation alerts, although the number of people who were forced to flee their homes has not been reported.
In total 92 have been registered fires, 40 of them have already been controlled and 29 outbreaks are still active that are trying to be put out by firefighters with the support of helicopters and planes.
In December 2022, the same region of Valparaiso suffered strong forest fires that left two dead. Fire – which is usually intentionally set – spreads quickly due to construction in unauthorized areas. Faced with this, Boric said that the authorities are “investigating the possible intentionality” of the current burnings. Last year the fires raged in southern Chili, leaving 27 dead and 450,000 hectares destroyed.
Source: Ambito
