emergency

Minutes of anguish were experienced by twenty motorists who were traveling along Route 5 from south to north, in the Quino Bridgeat the height of the commune of Victoria, region of La Araucanía.

And it is that As a result of the activation of forest fires, around 5:30 p.m. this day, Senapred ordered the evacuation of the Queipul sector, in the commune of Victoria. Likewise, there was a traffic interruption due to the accident in the Púa sector.

Although at first traffic passing the Púa toll was suspended, it was later restored. However, the authorities made a call to circulate with caution, since the fire is not contained.

In this context, a kilometric vehicular congestion was generated at the height of the Quino Bridge, where regarding twenty mobile phones were trapped on the road, due to the threat of flames. This was evidenced by videos sent to La Radio, where the desperation of the drivers is heard, who unsuccessfully honked to move forward.

Malleco’s presidential delegate, Andrea ParraHe stated that the emergency units are working intensively to contain the flames. Likewise, he explained that there are no people injured on Route 5 as a result of the fire emergency.

Meanwhile, the authorities realized that as a result of the fires in Victoria and Lautaro, there is a triple fiber cut, so there is significant congestion in all LTE and 3G services, as well as fixed services.

As a result of the high temperatures announced for the area and the reactivation of the forest fires, the La Araucanía Fire Department decreed the general quartering of the volunteers.