Successes in fighting wildfires Chile

In the fight against the worst wildfires in the history of Chile achieved the first successes.

Conaf director Aarón Cavieres said it is too early to rejoice. It depends on the weather how it goes. 'But the worst we have behind us. 'The fires, according to President Michelle Bachelet founded in some cases, raging in a region south of the capital Santiago.

Approximately 4,000 Chilean firefighters are deployed. They have received help, inter alia, France, Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina. From the United States came 'flying supertanker 'about. The Boeing 747-400 can throw at a time 72 tons of water. Russia sent an Ilyushin-fighting aircraft.