Forest fire in Curacaví is “quite contained”: 450 hectares are burned

03/01/2021 Chile



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TO Forest fire of large dimensions has been registered since the afternoon of this Sunday in Curacaví, Melipilla province, Metropolitan Region, which led the Intendancy to decree Red alert communal.

According to information provided by the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf), the claim affects a sector called “Monterrey Fund”.

“This fire is close to inhabited areas. As a result, the Municipality of the Metropolitan Region, based on the technical information provided by CONAF and in coordination with the Regional Directorate of ONEMI, declares Red Alert for the commune of Curacaví“reported the National Emergency Office.

The regional director of Onemi, Miguel Munoz, confirmed during the afternoon to Cooperative that “we have the information at the moment a home affected by 25%“And he did not rule out then instructing an evacuation if the emergency warranted it.

He also warned that the fire maintained an “extreme behavior” at times because there was a “large amount of fuel and the meteorological and topographic conditions made it complex.”

Later, in the balance made at 9:00 p.m., he updated that they go at least 450 hectares consumed, however, already “no danger to people“.

In turn, the manager of Forest Fire Protection of Conaf, Aida baldini, noted that the fire “is not controlled yet, and is in an area that could continue to affect vegetation, but not homes. “

Therefore, “technically it is not controlled, although is quite content“.

The Mayor Juan Pablo Barros made during the day a overflight to observe the state of the fire, in a sector “with a lot of native forest and undergrowth on the hills, a lot of vegetation, therefore a lot of fuel; and in the slopes and flatter sectors, of plots and houses, often first and second homes” .

Meanwhile, Carabineros detained three people suspected of having caused the incident allegedly by a spark from a roast that they carried out in a private plot of the sector, whose owner is one of the suspects.

“While they were doing a barbecue (…) on a somewhat improvised grill, at ground level (…), one of the sparks from the embers would have jumped onto the dry grass that was in the plot, and there this fire was generated, “said Captain José Lopez, of the 63rd Police Station of Curacaví.

The flames have been fought on the ground by volunteers from Curacaví firefighters, next to Conaf brigades and helicopters, with the support of two municipal cistern trucks. During the night the night brigades of Conaf and private companies will continue.

Normal work will resume at 07:00 this Monday.



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