Forest Fire (23928 ha) in Chile 04 Feb 2023

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1011811
Countries: Chile
Start Date - Last detection*: 04 Feb 2023 - 13 Feb 2023
Duration (days): 9
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 23928 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Articles: 350 | About casualties: 178 | Last hour: 0

Programa Invierno2023-02-21T13:47+0100.

CERT es un programa de capacitación y entrenamiento básico de equipos comunitarios que propicia la prevención, preparación y respuesta de la comunidad frente a la ocurrencia de emergencias y desastres. Su objetivo es fortalecer las capacida
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Emergency for forest fires continues in center-south of Chile2023-02-20T15:56+0100.

Santiago de Chile, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) Firefighters from several countries continue battling against forest fires in the center-south of Chile, mainly in the regions of Biobio, Ñuble, and Araucania, where there are still 260 active sourc
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Incendios en Chile vuelven cenizas el sueño de un sommelier bogotano / ... 2023-02-19T16:55+0100.

Los feroces incendios forestales que golpean el centro-sur de Chile desde inicios de este mes, y que han arrasado más de 400.000 hectáreas, destruido más de 1.500 viviendas y causado 25 muertos y 7.000 damnificados, han afectado al sector v
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Chile: Fires - Operational Update Appeal: MDRCL0152023-02-18T19:14+0100.

What happened, where and when? On the afternoon of 22 December, a fire started in areas of native forest in the upper part of the city of Viña del Mar (Valparaíso Region), 120 km from Santiago, Chile. The flames quickly reached high sectors
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),