The various authorities deployed in the Biobío region as a result of the forest fires that affect the area, addressed the material damage left by the catastrophe. Along these lines, they reported that, in the region alone, 1,472 homes were destroyed by fire.
Specifically, the regional delegate of Biobío, Daniela Dresdner, indicated that “regarding the affectations of people, we currently have 7,600 FIBE sheets applied, but of these there are 3,200 that are finished, which were analyzed and uploaded to the systems. This This figure means that we have 3,200 files in which we have all the data of the affected people and in which we are already working on the situations”.
On the other hand, the Minister of Housing and Urbanism, Carlos Montes, who is the “liaison” in the area, argued that the Biobío region is the one with “the most emergency housing needs.”
“President Boric has been very clear, emergency housing has to be installed in all places before winter, and that is a tremendous challenge, because this is the region that has the greatest need for emergency housing in many places,” he added. The authority.
In this sense, Montes maintained that all efforts are focused on “moving faster,” since the delivery of temporary housing has developed “slower than expected.”
“The greatest urgency is to move faster in emergency housing. This is going slower than expected. The explanation for this is that the production of housing for all the regions is around 70 per day, according to information that it is delivered to us, but the capacity to install is 15. There is a gap and we need to increase the pace much more,” concluded the head of Housing and Urbanism.
