Venezuela sent a group of 53 firefighters to Chile on Wednesday as part of the Simón Bolívar Humanitarian Task Force, which will help fight the voracious fires that are consuming the southern South American country.’
The Chilean government has put three central regions of the country on high alert of forest fires amid a heatwave. while thousands of firefighters continue to battle blazes in the south.
Twenty-four people are confirmed to have died in the fires which have been raging for more than a week.
Thousands have been left homeless after their houses went up in flames.
Now it is feared that high temperatures forecast for the rest of the week could ignite fires in new regions.
The deputy ministry of the interior, Manuel Monsalve, said that all teams had been put on standby to fight any possible blazes as temperatures could exceed 37 degrees Celsius.
Almost 300,000 hectares have already gone up in flames in the regions of Ñuble, Maule, Biobío and Auracanía.
