{"id":547733,"date":"2023-02-04T13:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T10:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/thirteen-dead-as-chile-forest-fires-provoke-state-of-disaster\/"},"modified":"2023-02-04T13:10:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T10:10:01","slug":"thirteen-dead-as-chile-forest-fires-provoke-state-of-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thirteen-dead-as-chile-forest-fires-provoke-state-of-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"#Thirteen dead as Chile forest fires provoke state of disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39bd3460298\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39bd3460298\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thirteen-dead-as-chile-forest-fires-provoke-state-of-disaster\/#%E2%80%9CThirteen_dead_as_Chile_forest_fires_provoke_state_of_disaster%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Thirteen dead as Chile forest fires provoke state of disaster&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThirteen_dead_as_Chile_forest_fires_provoke_state_of_disaster%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Thirteen dead as Chile forest fires provoke state of disaster&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/flames-consume-a-house.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/flames-consume-a-house.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Flames consume a house during a fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on February 3, 2023.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/flames-consume-a-house.jpg\" alt=\"Flames consume a house during a fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on February 3, 2023\" title=\"Flames consume a house during a fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on February 3, 2023.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Flames consume a house during a fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on February 3, 2023.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chile has declared a state of disaster in several central-southern regions after a devastating heat wave sparked forest fires that left at least 13 people dead, authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>More than 100 homes have been affected and 47,000 hectares of forest destroyed since the fires broke out on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to announce that there are 13 deaths in total, 11 in the Santa Juana municipality,&#8221; head of the Senaprad national disaster agency Mauricio Tapia said.<\/p>\n<p>Two crew members of a helicopter that was fighting the fires died in a crash Friday afternoon, Chile&#8217;s agriculture minister Esteban Valenzuela said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am very sad about the helicopter crash which killed the pilot and a mechanic who were working to fight the fire&#8221; in the La Araucania region, said Valenzuela.<\/p>\n<p>Tapia later added that the pilot was Bolivian and the mechanic Chilean.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll included at least four civilians and a firefighter previously reported killed.<\/p>\n<p>The government has declared a state of disaster in the regions of Nuble and Biobio, but fires have also affected the Maule and La Araucania regions.<\/p>\n<p>President Gabriel Boric decided to suspend his holiday to visit the affected area, where there are 204 active fires.<\/p>\n<p>Of those, 56 are considered out of control.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Carolina Toha said the four civilians had died in the Biobio region.<\/p>\n<p>She added that two of the dead were killed when the fires engulfed the road they were <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing on, while the other two died in a car accident, presumably while trying to escape the inferno.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities later said a firefighter had also been killed.<\/p>\n<p>The Senapred national disaster prevention and response service and the CONAF national forests corporation said nine people have been hurt, including eight firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>Some 2,300 firefighters and 75 aircraft are involved in the battle against the flames.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration of a state of disaster allows extra resources to be made available to combat an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Nuble has been put on red alert, alongside seven municipalities in Biobio.<\/p>\n<p>The heatwave, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), has created fears of a repeat of the 2017 disaster in which widespread fires in the same region left 11 people dead, destroyed 1,500 homes and affected 467,000 hectares of forest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2023 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                Thirteen dead as Chile forest fires provoke state of disaster (2023, February 4)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 4 February 2023<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2023-02-thirteen-dead-chile-forest-provoke.html<\/p>\n<p>                                             This document is subject to copyright. 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