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At least 22 people have died in reference to widespread forest fires in south-central Chile, in line with authorities officials.
Interior Minister Carolina Tohá confirmed throughout a information convention on Saturday that 22 people are useless. There are 1,429 people in shelters, 554 injured and 16 struggling extreme burns who’re in severe situation, she stated.
Twenty-eight of the tons of of fires in Chile in latest days have burned the quantity of forest and woodland the nation sometimes loses over the course of a 12 months, Tohá stated.
The minister additionally described report excessive temperatures in a number of of the affected areas of Chile.
“The thermometer has reached levels that we’ve never seen until now,” Tohá stated.
On Saturday, President Gabriel Boric announced via Twitter that neighboring Argentina will ship firefighters and equipment to fight the fires engulfing Chile’s south-central space, in line with CNN Chile.
Boric stated he had spoken to his Argentinian counterpart, Alberto Fernández, to “coordinate and thank Argentina in the fight against the fires. Besides firefighters, we will receive machinery.”
Boric added that he’ll search additional assist preventing the fires from different nations.
“We are arranging support from various countries to face the emergency. We will not leave them alone,” he stated tweeted.