Overview
- Officials report more than 50,000 people evacuated, with curfews and military support in the hardest‑hit areas of Ñuble and Biobío.
- Authorities confirm 325 homes destroyed and roughly 1,500 people affected, with damage tallies still under assessment.
- Senapred lists about 23 active fires in combat nationwide, including several large incidents concentrated in the two southern regions.
- Fire crews, police and armed forces continue large deployments with scores of aircraft and thousands of responders as burned area exceeds 20,000 hectares.
- Prosecutors have opened inquiries into the origins of the fires, with regional leaders pointing to possible intentional ignitions.