The fire that began approximately two weeks ago in the Magallanes region, precisely in Timaukel, has consumed a total of 1,357 hectares, keeping the area on red alert and with the risk of expanding to Karukinka Park.
The incident that began on the land of the Russfin Forestry company has led to the work of seven brigades with the support of security and emergency agencies. In addition, a helicopter with pressurized foam technology that joined this Sunday.
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The adviser of the Management of Protection against Forest Fires of Conaf, Edward Vialspecified that: “the incident is quite contained, but with the possibility of recurrence”, specifically a firewall is required in a perimeter of 80 kilometers.
The one who showed concern about a regrowth was the senator PPD, Guido Girardywho asked the Government to create international coordination with Argentina, the United States and some European nations, indicating that “this is a territory that is a heritage of humanity. It has a fundamental ecological value, a value of life, it is one of the southernmost ecosystems on the planet”.
The president of the Corporation of the Selk’nam people in Chile, Hemany Molina, He expressed that “there is a management problem, in addition to the lack of ground work. Unfortunately, despite the arrival of planes and helicopters, in the area we depend on the weather to allow us to maneuver and that does not happen every day.”
The regional climatologist, Nicholas Botorovićalso had words for what is happening in the southern part of the country, expressing the importance of climatic conditions so that there is no regrowth.
“The weather conditions in the Tierra del Fuego sector for this Monday have been very weak, but they will be slightly reinforced with an average of 6 millimeters in the early hours of Tuesday, February 8, in the same way -in the development of the day- the wind will begin to increase its average speed from 32 to 64 kilometers,” he explained.
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Stays active with low to medium intensity and slow progress.
Preliminary area➡️1,357 hectares.
? Red Alert for threat to Karukinka Natural Park. pic.twitter.com/0cJzgEc6Dz— forest fires_CONAF (@incendios_CONAF) February 7, 2022
