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This Wednesday afternoon, a Forest fire takes place in the community of Valparaisoregion of the same name.
According to information from the National Emergency Office, Onemi, the incident, called “The Lower Obregon” consume one surface of at least 1.5 hectares of scrub and pine forest in the “Camino Viejo Las Docas” sector.
At the request of the Valparaíso Fire Department due to a forest fire declared in Camino Viejo Las Docas, Laguna Verde, I have ordered the dispatch of 8 forestry and structural specialty machines.
The Viña del Mar Fire Department is quartered guaranteeing operability pic.twitter.com/Xyenwmqrsh
— Firefighters Commander Viña del Mar (@ComandanteCBVM) March 30, 2022
???? Red Alert in Valparaíso due to forest fire on Camino Viejo Las Docas: cloud of smoke is visible from different points of the port
» https://t.co/XEHkd8qkuZ pic.twitter.com/Pjx13q1ExV
— T13 (@T13) March 30, 2022
At the same time, the fire develops near inhabited sectorsand it presents rapid advance conditions with high intensity and extreme behavior.
#ONEMIValpo #ONEMIAlerta #ForestFires He declares #Alert Red for the commune of Valparaíso due to forest fire https://t.co/fXOF80iLKW pic.twitter.com/tk3WE5ibEK
— onemichile (@onemichile) March 30, 2022
It is for this reason that the Presidential Delegation together with Onemi, decreed red alert for the commune of Valparaíso “starting today and until the conditions of the fire warrant it.”
Additionally, as a result of the advance of the flames, the emergency agency requested the evacuation of the “Old Road to Las Docas” and “Quintay 2” sectors, for which it activated the Emergency Alert Service, SAE, as users have reported on social networks.
by forest fire #ONE MY requests to evacuate sectors of the Old Road to Las Docas and Quintay 2 due to forest fire in the commune of Valparaíso#ONE MY activated SAE messaging.
Act calmly and abide by the instructions of the authority and the response teams pic.twitter.com/nAJdDkF0yx
— onemichile (@onemichile) March 30, 2022
???? Given the ONEMI fire alert in Valparaíso, it called on people to calmly evacuate and follow the instructions of our firefighters and emergency personnel.
Let’s hope that this does not happen to majors and that Valparaíso is not hit again by a situation like this. pic.twitter.com/1O11voQNYj
– Nataly Campusano – Boric President ???? (@Naty_campusano) March 30, 2022
The Wind Doesn’t Help Much, HOLD ON #valparaiso ???????????? pic.twitter.com/RNRAbvcdLF
— @nancyvalpo2 (@nancyvalpo2) March 30, 2022
VALPARAÍSO EXPANSION: Onemi requests to evacuate Quintay 2 sector and old Las Docas road in Laguna Verde due to forest fire pic.twitter.com/L3UMzVo2h7
— Site of the Event (@sitiodelsuceso) March 30, 2022