Chilean officials have extended
Feb. 6 (UPI) — Chilean officials have extended « catastrophe areas » after forest fires in the country, while flash floods in the central Andean regions and nearby Bolivia became deadly.
In the region of La Araucania, which has been the most affected, two people have died because of the emergency, La Tercera reported. BioBio and Los Rios are two other nearby regions affected by the forest fires.
Chile extended the catastrophe declaration, which not only restricts liberties but grants authorities capacity to dispose of even privately-owned food supplies. It’s a temporary month-long exemption because of emergencies in several parts of south central Chile due to fire.
Latest reports showed « 139 fires of which 43 remain active, 47 were controlled and 49 were already extinguished, » according to the government’s Onemi agency for public safety.
