00:00In Chile, authorities in the central southern region have issued multiple rare alerts and
00:05initiated massive evacuations due to a series of rapidly advancing wildfires in Biobio and
00:11Nublo regions.
00:12The National Disaster Prevention and Responsible Service, Senapret, has deployed the site messaging
00:19system for cell phones to order the immediate evacuation of populated areas due to the direct
00:25threat of fire to homes.
00:27In the Biobio region, the most critical situation is concentrated in the city of Concepción,
00:33where the fire known as Trinitarias is excessive in extreme behavior.
00:37Simultaneously, in the Nublo region, the advance of the flame has forced preventive evacuations
00:42in various rural areas.
00:44Additionally, fire crews and brigadiers from the Chilean National Forestry Corporation are
00:49working in critical areas to contain the Aptis hotspots.
00:57An evacuation process has been initiated for the El Durazno sector due to the forest fire
01:11affecting that area in the Penco commune.
01:14In this context, the director of the National Forestry Corporation of Chile, Norma Perez, confirmed
01:29that all resources remain deployed to combat the forest emergency affecting the country.
01:34In an advance of 600 hectares, we must mention that we are working with all the resources
01:40we have available deployed throughout the area affected by this fire in order to contain
01:45it as soon as possible.
01:46Additionally, we want to inform the community that we are dealing with 10 more fires in the
01:51region for which we have deployed all our resources to try to contain this emergency.
01:55emergency.
01:56For this reason, I once again urge people to take extra precautions.
