Overview
- Authorities report no immediate risk to nearby towns from the Puerto Patriada fire after a week of operations and sustained rainfall.
- Active sectors in Parque Nacional Los Alerces, including the Arroyo Braese area, remain under close surveillance with helicopters, air tankers and drones.
- Burned area estimates range from about 12,000 to more than 14,000 hectares of native and planted forest, with damage to homes and infrastructure.
- More than 660 personnel and eight aerial assets are deployed through a coordinated national–provincial effort with support from several neighboring provinces.
- Epuyén declared an igneous catastrophe to speed relief, and a judicial probe points to deliberate human origin on January 5, with local prosecutors rejecting rumors blaming Mapuche communities or foreign tourists.