translated from Spanish: A total of 32 active forest fires affect the southern area

This Sunday, a total of 32 forest fires remain active in various regions of the South of Chile, according to the most recent report of the national Office of emergency (Onemi).
According to the report, 48 other fires are under control and 6 have more been extinguished, out of a total of 86 outbreaks of fire located in the regions of Ñuble, La Araucanía, Los Lagos and Aysén, which remain under red alert.
The Araucanía region and some areas of bio bio and Los Rios remain under disaster area Declaration, in charge of military security.
The region has been one of the most affected by the fires, which have left two dead, destroyed 29 homes and 51 injured, with active foci of fire even in Llaima Particular, Cerro Huincaleo, pens, Rinconada de Colpi and Mitrauquen Fundo Rahue.
In addition, the town of Pitrufquen, 700 kilometers south of Santiago, remains without drinking water supply, while nine companies in mobile Movistar and Entel Services sites remain with dropped signals, while calls to be made or connect to the internet.
In Ñuble most affected by incidents surfaces are the reserve of the Ñuble, Santa Gertrudis and Tranconyan.
Meanwhile, in the Region of Los Lagos, alerts are kept for straight Chacao, Chaquihual, Cerro Troncoso, Peuchen and nursery larch crossing Tepual, and in Aysen most dangerous spots are Cologne South and Mansa Bay.
In terms of the area affected by the fires, it exceeds the 39,000 hectares, 50% more that same date last year, as I informed the Minister of agriculture, Antonio Walker.
“We are with many fires, very small, but very scattered the length and width of Chile and is as well as in the season we carry 4.078 fire, a 9% more”, said Walker.
Aída Baldini, Manager of the national forestry Corporation (Conaf) forest fire protection, said that they are “doing great firewall”, they had “which slightly change the strategy in the sense of making a very fast attack each of the fires in order to have availability of aircraft”are recorded when”new fire”.
Fire fighting involves several thousands of brigaders conaf and private forestry companies, fire and military, with the support of 33 helicopters and scores of aircraft.
Among the latter is has had no weekend “Ten Tanker”, a Douglas DC-10 specially adapted, capable of downloading about 43,000 liters of water per flush, you enter in action on Friday and reached only 4 flights, then on a landing of reab astecimiento damaged flaps of elevation.
According to Minister Walker, this Monday we will know if it can be repaired quickly in Chile, and said that if it is not, the owner will send another unit from United States.

Original source in Spanish