translated from Spanish: Fisco must pay million-dollar compensation to relatives of Conaf brigadiers who died in 2017 fire

During this day, the 21st Civil Court of Santiago ordered the Fisco to compensate the relatives of three brigadiers of the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf) who died during a forest fire in Vi sucking, in January 2017.
Specifically, they will have to pay $1.6 billion, after establishing responsibility for the negligent action of the chief of operating of the deceased, who ordered them to face the claim in unsafe conditions and without the required support.
“It is possible to have established that Don E.V.C. head of fire in the operation of Combat of the fire in the Las Cardillas de Vichuquén Sector, is responsible for the death of three brigadiers of the Conaf, R.S., S.F. and W. S., who in the performance of their functions , and by e.V.C. to R.S., lost their lives in the tragic accident,” indicates the first instance ruling of Judge Patricia Castro Pardo.
“That whoever has been the perpetrator is dependent on Conaf, and as such must be held accountable for the harmful event caused by his dependent in the course of his activity,” he adds.
In this regard, the court held the existence of a relationship “between the actions and omissions” deployed by Conaf, with respect to its dependent, who, in its view, not only infringed a certain standard of conduct, but also the article of the Code of Work that requires the employer to “effectively provide safety to its workers”.

Original source in Spanish