translated from Spanish: Onemi reported that there are 12 active fires nationwide

The National Emergency Office (Onemi) reported that the National Early Warning Center, according to technical information provided by the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF) reported on Monday a total of forest fires to niv the national, of which 12 are active, 13 were controlled and 19 extinct. In detail, the Valparaíso Region is one of the most affixed, after keeping active the forest fire called “Cuesta Llampaiquillo”, communes of Casablanca and Valparaíso, which consumes an area of approximately 2,250 hectares. In this same condition is the forest fire called “Melosilla”, communes of Casablanca and Valparaiso, which consumes an area of approximately 1,100 hectares. Added to this is the forest fire “The R.N.L.P. Filters”, the forest fire “Manzanar”, commune of Quillota, added to another focus in Zapalla. In addition, the forest fire “La Planchada”, commune of Valparaiso, which consumes an area to be confirmed of 2.5 hectares, as a result of this fire, is also active, preliminary numbers have been recorded in evaluation of affected persons and 5 destroyed homes. Following this fire, at 17:55 hours today, a message was issued from the Emergency Alert System (SAE), to support the preventive evacuation of the sector between the 12th and 17th of Avenida Rodelillo, on the Rodelillo hill. Subsequently, at 18:11 a new SAE message was sent to support the preventive evacuation of the Cincel population, on the hill Placeres.La threat has also spread to the O’Higgins Region, where the forest fire “La Paula”, Machalí commune, the which affects an unconfirmed area of 82 hectares of vegetation. In the case of the Biobío Region, the forest fire “Lomas de Quilleco” was controlled, commune of Quilleco. ALERT POLICIESRed alert for the Region of Valparaiso, by forest fire. Yellow Alert for the commune of Machalí, O’Higgins Region, for wildfire. Yellow Alert for the commune of Quilleco, Biobío Region, for forest fire. Early Preventive Alert for the Coquimbo Region, for a threat of wildfire. Early Preventive Alert for the Metropolitan Region, for the threat of wildfire. Early Preventive Alert for the O’Higgins Region, for a threat of wildfire. Early Preventive Alert for the Maule Region, for a threat of wildfire.

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