La localidad de Epuyén, en Chubut, se vio sorprendida por un impactante incendio forestal que se desató este miércoles y la zona más afectada es la conocida como la Rinconada. Personal de distintas bases del Servicio Provincial del Manejo del Fuego, trabajan intensamente en el lugar y hay casas quemadas y las autoridades emitieron una orden de evacuación.
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00:00News team in this month of January, we are going to Bariloche, shocking images in Epuyén, a fearsome fire recorded by a neighbor who became a spontaneous chronicler of this horror.
00:19Look at what is the fire that burns in these native forests of Patagonia, this is Epuyén, the lack of control of those flames that are not only consuming the forest but also threatening the homes.
00:41Here is Carla Chiarandini, we have her on the phone. Carla, with information, good evening.
00:50Hello Mariano, good evening.
00:52Well, yes, as you reported, another fire that strikes Patagonia, in this case, the city of Epuyén, the province of Chubut.
01:03Really, as you just reported, the images are shocking.
01:07They are really showing the progress of the fire.
01:11What Jorge Bonanesea said, who is the head of civil protection of Epuyén, is that although he had helped a little the cessation of the blazes, which at one point reached 50 to 70 kilometers per hour,
01:27which caused several fires, which even, as you can see in the images, entered the homes.
01:33Well, in the last hours, now, the last part, so to speak, of what we were able to obtain from civil protection is that,
01:40let's see, it died down a little, it does not mean that it is off, no, this continues, but as good, it lowered that intensity a little,
01:49to what it really was hours ago, nothing more, because this started at noon, at 12 and a half approximately, where it starts in what is the corner,
01:59it is a place for people to know if they do not know, it is a place that remains, well, obviously in Epuyén, it is a wonderful place,
02:07I would say that it is also a heritage of ours, it is a thousand-year-old tree, well, it is one of the most beautiful places in Patagonia,
02:16in that place, in the corner, approximately 200 neighbors live, so to speak, there are also approximately 200 homes,
02:26I say approximately because although we talk about numbers, they still do not want to say the specific numbers,
02:31but there are like, let's see, from 10 to 20, approximately, houses that have been burned, at the last moment, now,
02:40this same person from civil protection, what Jorge was saying, is that there is a historical school there in Epuyén,
02:48that although it had been caught by the flames, they were able to preserve it, luckily, it is something that has a lot of history in the city,
02:56not like that, there are a lot of people who really had to evacuate, approximately 40-odd people,
03:05if self-evacuation, there are like more than 200 or more, who are the people in the corner,
03:11and well, desperate moments are experienced, there are many people without their home, who have been left without anything,
03:18many people, well, you can see in the images, surely, that the fire also enters the homes, or is very close,
03:26well, they have even asked for supplies, well, the hydrant planes are working,
03:34luckily, with this excess, a little bit of the wind, it has been able to work, there is a whole operation,
03:40in terms of, there is the service of Epuyén, Golondrina, Solila, Lago Puelo, Porto Patriada,
03:45well, many people who are there, and well, what we could also talk about with Jano Namor,
03:51who is one of the fire chiefs of El Bolsón, that well, this is, let's see,
03:58all the firefighters are working in the place, at this time, well, they are also trying to contain the people,
04:04but well, this is the last hours, what was experienced, really, is desperate.
04:09Carla, dear Estriana greets you, Carlita, is the origin of this fire known?
04:15Carlos, look, let's see, it is not yet known specifically, at one point it was said that it was a cable,
04:22that it had made like a short, they also told us that there are no cables in that area,
04:29so this is already in the hands of, well, the justice, the prosecution, and well, this is being investigated,
04:36to know, well, what has happened, as so many things have not happened yet,
04:41they told us that this is just being investigated, to be able to say specifically what has happened.
04:46Let's see, summarizing, sorry, yes, Norita, yes.
04:48No, I wanted to ask you about the wind, because in these fires, the issue of wind is fundamental,
04:54if it is known if there is a forecast of wind for the next few hours, if there is any information regarding that.
05:01For now, the wind just went down from what it was at noon, which were gusts of 50, 70 kilometers,
05:09which in fact they also told us, residents, that this, although sometimes you feel the winds,
05:15but not so much, a long time ago that you did not feel,
05:18just as, unfortunately, we have to talk about another fire,
05:21I say unfortunate, because this area has already suffered,
05:25in terms of what is the hole, the Aguapuelo, Epuyén, they have experienced several fires, unfortunately,
05:31but well, in this case, the wind has gone down, in these last hours,
05:37we are waiting now for the last part to come out, to see how these fronts are, these focus,
05:43if they are still like this, as they were at noon, right?
05:46But from what they told us, they went down a bit.
05:50Let's recap that video, which is really shocking.
05:54The truth is that we have rarely seen a filming so close to the fire.
06:01How did that end?
06:02Let's recap this information, watching that video.
06:06I'm going to ask the production to recap that video of the fire in Epuyén.
06:10Did that fire win that place of cabins, Carla?
06:16Look, Mariano, I still don't know specifically if it won.
06:20The truth is that it was very close.
06:23They are two neighbors who very kindly made us take these images.
06:29I do know that it has reached many of the homes,
06:32and unfortunately today we are talking about several families without their homes.
06:37In this case, I don't know if it is that particular house,
06:40but really that image is tremendous.
06:44Tremendous.
06:45We are seeing it.
06:46We are seeing it.
06:47Because, Mariano, what they say is that it is a plot of pines
06:50that is there, as Carlos said,
06:52located between the provincial school number 9 and the local cemetery.
06:55And obviously the pines, with the heat and everything,
06:58set fire so quickly.
07:00And the municipality only issued this statement there.
07:04In addition, what they are asking is that people leave their homes,
07:07but that they bring documentation for the doubts,
07:09that they bring food that is not perishable,
07:12that they bring the necessary medication for anything,
07:15but that they evacuate.
07:16Well, thank you.
07:18Thank you, Carla.
07:19We will continue to report on the fires.
07:21Mariano, the only thing I can also tell you is that, for now,
07:24Route 40 is cut off.
07:26Good, good.
07:27Good news.
07:28Puyen and the intersection with Cholila,
07:31because at one point the fire had crossed the route.
07:35Good, good.
07:36This is the only thing.
07:38The service data is also valid.
07:40Thank you, Carla.
07:41Thank you, guys.
07:42Well, 21 to 18 minutes.
07:44I want you to pay attention because this, for me,
07:46is the police issue of the day.
07:48There are so many police cases that we will not reach in three hours.
07:51But this is the most dramatic that we have lived today in El Conurbano,
07:55in San Justo, in La Matanza,
07:58in a hot, dangerous area.
08:01The criminals shot a group and an innocent woman,
08:05the mother of eight children, 45 years old, died from the bullets.
08:13Carlos.
08:15Hilda Tello was 45 years old.
08:18She was with one of her daughters, of just eight,
08:20above this group, the 174, internal 623.