Successes in fighting wildfires Chile

santiago - In the fight against the worst wildfires in the history of Chile achieved the first successes. The forestry department (Conaf) could report Sunday night local time are extinguished eleven of the 124 fires and 55 others under control. The conflagrations are the authorities so far eleven people died and laid down a certain area of ​​3650 square kilometers in the ashes.

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.