Governor of Santiago reiterated concern over chain of fire that has left dead and destroyed houses

Santiago.- A total of five people have died and more than 100 houses have been reduced to ashes, as well as dozens of properties partially affected, is the result of a series of fires that have occurred in this city since the end of last year to date. Faced with the large number of registered disasters, which have left hundreds of dozens of homeless families out in the open, the governor of the province of Santiago, Rosa Santos, expressed her concern about the occurrence of these fires. External saints your concern, while you assisted several families in the El Cerro de Papatin sector of Bella Vista in this city to whom you delivered,,Stoves, Fans, gas cylinders, mosquito nets and food rations to those affected by the disasters. In addition, the representative of the executive branch promised to build some of the housing destroyed by the disaster and guarantee the repair of the others affected to the families who value the aid offered

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Among the fatalities who lost their lives during the fires recorded in this city are a six-month-old baby and a three-year-old child, who died in a disaster that left 14 homes destroyed in the Valle Verde sector of this city, an event that occurred on December 18, 2024. Meanwhile, on March 12, 2025, a woman lost her life when the house where she resided with her partner caught fire, who was injured with burns due to the flames, who died several days after the fire occurred in Santa Rosa ll in the municipal district of Santiago Oeste. This same year, Beatriz Martínez Balbuena, a 66-year-old woman, also died in a fire in the Santa Lucía neighborhood of the Cienfuegos sector, in the municipal district of Santiago Oeste. The representative of the executive branch in Santiago stated that the Central Government has shown concern regarding the constant fires affecting Santiago. In that regard, he reiterated that they have been monitoring with the Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad del Norte (Edenorte) the irregular connections in the popular sectors of this city Among the places where this type of electrical installations proliferate the most are Santiago Oeste, Tamboril, El Ejido, Los Santos neighborhood, among other places. Faced with the devastation left by the fires, he maintained that they are constantly working on building houses and making them habitable for those affected.