The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, traveled this Sunday to the areas affected by the devastating fires in Valparaíso, already considered the worst natural emergency since the 2010 earthquake, and assured in a message on his social networks that the country will ” standing”.
“We are already on our way to the Valparaíso region to be with local authorities, victims of the tragedy and above all to see in situ where we must tighten the screws to provide more and better support in this very difficult moment. I have instructed that the Government must be in terrain and resolving,” said the president on his social network account X.
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Boric, who on Friday declared a state of emergency due to a catastrophe to speed up the arrival of resources and on Saturday made an overflight over the area, visited early in the morning a group of more than 1,500 brigade members fighting the fire in Valparaíso.
During Sunday morning, the president also led an emergency meeting and visited the injured at the Gustavo Fricke Hospital, in Viña del Mar, one of the cities most affected by the flames.
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According to the latest report from the National Forestry Corporation, there are at least seven active fires currently in Valparaíso, the largest being the one in the Lago Peñuelas/Las Tablas Reserve, next to the main highway in the area, which has already burned nearby. of 9,300 hectares.
This fire, along with the one that is developing in Lo Moscoso, with 1,350 hectares burned, is of particular concern due to its virulence and its proximity to densely populated areas.
It is estimated that there are between 3,000 and 6,000 homes affected by the fire and the Ministry of Health decreed a health alert in the area.
“Once the fire is out, the cadastre phase, early aid and reconstruction will come. We will get back on our feet,” Boric concluded in his publication on the X network.
The high and unusual temperatures that were recorded Friday and Saturday in the region, the intense gusts of wind of up to 60 kilometers per hour and the low humidity made it difficult to control the fire.
The authorities, however, maintain some hope this Sunday and assure that weather conditions could improve slightly in the coming hours, which would make it easier to fight the fires.
On the way to Valparaíso, we were able to see the work of a team of brigade members from @conaf_minagri. One of them is Josué Jaime, who has been doing this work for three decades. Through him and his example, I want to recognize and thank the work of all the brigade members who are… pic.twitter.com/cJIa2nheQq
— Gabriel Boric Font (@GabrielBoric) February 4, 2024
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“Starting today or tomorrow we are going to have the coastal trough (…) We could already have some cloudiness on the coast, which increases the humidity and allows the intensity of the fire to be lowered a little,” indicated the director of the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred), Álvaro Hormazábal.
2024-02-04 15:50:18
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