A fire affects the Belgium school in the commune of Chiguayante in the Bío Bío region.

The event occurs in the property located on Calle Los Héroes with La Marina.

Firefighters personnel are working in the emergency and the presence of Carabineros was requested.

Preliminarily, the fire would have been caused by a falling flare.

A similar event was reported a few minutes into the New Year in a house in San Bernardo, in the Metropolitan region.

This incident is added to others that occurred in the country due to the unauthorized launching of fireworks.