There are at least 16 people injured in critical condition. The fires coincide with a long drought that has lasted for more than 13 years and with an unprecedented heat wave in the south.
Euskaraz irakurri: 22 dira dagoeneko Txileko erdialde-hegoaldean izandako suteen ondorioz hildako lagunak
The Chilean government has reported that the number of people who have lost their lives in the serious fires that are affecting the center and the south of the country amounts to 22 and that there are also at least another 16 injured in a “critical” state.
The most affected regions are Ñuble, Biobío and La Araucanía, areas of intense agricultural and forestry activity located 400, 500 and 700 kilometers south of the capital, respectively, and where the Government decreed the State of Constitutional Exception of Catastrophe.
According to the latest report from the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (SENAPRED) of the Ministry of the Interior, more than 45,000 hectares have been destroyed and there are currently 251 active fires across the country, of which 80 are in combat.
Besides, about 1,500 people are refugees in some thirty shelters and there are 554 injured, of which at least 16 are in a “critical” condition.
The fires coincide with a long drought that has lasted for more than 13 years and with an unprecedented heat wave in the south, with temperatures that can reach 40 degrees Celsius in southern areas in the next few hours.
Source: Eitb
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