Event: | WF Wild fire |
Number: | 2016-000138 |
Country: | CHL Chile |
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Date (YMD): | 2016-11-30 |
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Information Source: | PAHO, 24 Jan 2017 |
Comments: | At national level 32 active wildfires reported, 29 are controlled and 4 have been extinguished, affecting 136,161 hectares of vegetation in seven regions of the country (Valparaiso, Metropolitan, O'Higgins, Maule, Bío-Bío, Aracuanía, and Los Lagos). According to ONEMI, three people have died, 142 have been affected, 158 people are in shelters, and 81 houses have been destroyed. 37 aircrafts and nearly 4000 people are supporting the emergency response as a catastrophe zone and a state of emergency has been declared in the areas affected by the fires. |
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