The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) counted this Sunday 20 forest fires in combat in the center-south zone of the country, affected since the beginning of February by a wave of fires that has left 26 people dead and more than 430,000 hectares. burned.
In its new balance, the agency reports another 14 fires that are kept under observation and 170 that were controlled.
Fires in combat decreased significantly in recent weeks, the hundred that was registered at the beginning of the emergency, in mid-February, fell to around 50-60 fires in combat, while last week there were close to 30 active and this closes with around 20.
The improvement in the control and extinction of the fires caused the heads of the National Defense in the Ñuble and Biobío regions, 2 of the most affected by the flames, to decree the end of the curfew established in these territories since February 8th.
It was President Gabriel Boric who, in the midst of an emergency, asked the high military officers of the area to apply the measure to guarantee security and protect the properties of the affected people from theft.
