Overview
- The fire remains active with 140 to 186 responders from provincial and national services and volunteer brigades, supported by a helicopter conducting repeated water drops.
- Forensic teams are examining the Loteo San Francisco ignition area and reviewing security camera footage to determine negligence or intent.
- Gale-force winds and low humidity accelerated spread from El Pedregoso up Cerro Pirque toward the angostura, scorching more than 200 hectares of native and planted forest.
- Evacuations and traffic restrictions were implemented as crews build containment lines, cool hotspots and operate in steep, loose-rock terrain that poses additional hazards.
- The national weather service issued a yellow alert for rain expected Thursday that could aid control efforts, although fire danger in the region remains high.