translated from Spanish: Onemi declared Red Alert for Wallons commune for wildfire

Active is the forest fire called “El Peral 1”, which consumes an area to be confirmed of 100 hectares of pine, pasture and waste in the commune of Paredones, as reported in the Digital Information System for the Cont Forest Fires (SIDCO) role. It should be noted that this fire is fast forward and is close to inhabited sectors. As a result of the above, the O’Higgins Region Intendency, based on the technical information provided by CONAF and in coordination with THE Regional Directorate of ONEMI, declared Red Alert for the commune of Paredones, for forest fire, in force today and until the fire conditions warrant it. With the red alert statement, all necessary and available resources will be mobilized, in addition to what has already been deployed by CONAF, Firefighters and the National Civil Protection System. In this way, action will be taken to control the situation, given the extent and severity of the event. Four brigades work on site, a technician, a skidder, a cistern truck, two helicopters and a CONAF AT aircraft; Firefighters from Paredones, Santa Cruz, Lolol, Pumanque, Palmilla, Marchigée and Peralillo, supported by a helicopter and a plane from the Arauco Forest.

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