By leaving his position as liaison in the Bío Bío, the Minister of Public Works slipped the ideological component or revenge that could be behind the forest fires, something that -he said- the investigations should establish.
With a greeting and recognition of the troops who fought the fires by land, the minister said goodbye Juan Carlos Garciathis in an activity carried out in the Plaza Independencia de Concepción, Bío Bío region, precisely on the day that the forest brigade member is commemorated.
On the occasion, in addition, a positive balance of the situation was made, as 13 claims had been controlled, leaving 12 active; two of them the most worrisome: andl of “Tambillo” in Nacimiento and the “Cortijo” in Toméwhere 300 brigade members were sent with the mission of containing it as soon as possible.
When leaving the Bío Bío, as a liaison for the Government, Minister García insisted on the intention of the fires, slipping that this behavior could be triggered by a spirit of revenge or even an ideological factor.
“There are all the conditions to deduce that they have been intentional. Intentional for different reasons, some will be ideological, others due to pyromania, others due to past accounts; and between one and the other, we will undoubtedly have to investigate each one of them“said the Secretary of State.
Although the fight against the accidents had an impact on air resources, the regional director of Conaf, Rodrigo JaraHe said that the work of the brigade members, deployed in the three regions with the largest fires, was key.
“The work that our brigade members have carried out has been fundamental for the containment of these 189,000 hectares that have been affected in our region,” said Jara.
Government expedites reconstruction
Despite the fact that the emergency continues, the Government is speeding up the reconstruction phase at the same time; for which they were 90 officials from the Ministry of Housing were deployed to file the records of the 1,300 families that lost their homes.
The cadastre will serve for the replacement of the definitive real estate, whose construction has no date, clarifying the seremi of the branch, Claudia Toledothat the winter objective imposed by President Gabriel Boric points to the delivery of emergency buildings.
“If we can speed up our processes and get there as soon as possible, we are going to do it; but we cannot guarantee that it will be before winter with the permanent home, not the emergency one“, explained the authority.
Starting this Thursday, the head of the MOP will be relieved by the Minister of Housing, Carlos Monteswho would continue until the emergency is over and normality returns.