Overview
- Local authorities reported the blaze is controlled after continuous operations since Saturday in the Villarino district between Mayor Buratovich and Algarrobo.
- Roughly 100 volunteer firefighters from 11 brigades worked with Defensa Civil, municipal machinery and local landowners under SOOR/COE coordination.
- A provincial aircraft conducted reconnaissance and the federal emergency agency deployed an airtanker with a capacity of over 3,000 liters.
- Challenging terrain, dense vegetation and shifting winds created a volatile fire behavior that at one point formed an active front about 1,000 meters long.
- No injuries or animal losses were reported, with damage concentrated in fields and monte, and crews remain on site for containment and monitoring.