Back from my holidays. And my country is in flames.

@marguicha (215346)

Chile

January 30, 2017 7:16pm CST

This was not a good vacation for me. I´m glad that I was a company for my 94 year old aunt. But most of the time we were watching a very old TV set in horror as fires grew in my country. This is much worse that any of the big earthquakes that I have witnessed, except for the 1960 earthquake which is the biggiest ever recorded. When there are big earthquakes, we are prepared. And mostly very old houses fall. But jobs remain so that we can build again what fell down. In these fires, big forests are burning and our timber industry is no more. With that, many people will lose their way of living. Animals have been burned too and wild life is in danger. I can only say thanks for the help of many countries. We are still fighting the biggest fire ever that our country has had.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Jan 17

I did see this on the news today. Apparently it is also raining quite heavily but the rain does not seem to be helping a great deal towards controlling the fire.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

It is not raining where the fire is. You may have seen rain because there are big planes throwing water.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Jan 17

@marguicha Rain was specifically mentioned on the news, which they stated was not helping to control the fire.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

@Asylum I have been watching the news and nothing has been said about rain. I´ll check.

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@Happy2BeMe (99399)

• Canada

31 Jan 17

I am so sorry to hear this. That is so devastating for your country. I was just thinking of you today. Welcome back but sorry it is this way.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

Thank you. This is absoolutly the worst thing that has happened in my country. If some of the fires have been man made, I would place them in jail for life.

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@Happy2BeMe (99399)

• Canada

31 Jan 17

@marguicha if it is caused by man then yes they should be jailed. I hope that they are able to get it under control soon.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

@Happy2BeMe I hope so. The news are devastating.

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@mysdianait (66009)

• Italy

2 Feb 17

I was wondering yesterday if you were already back and had not seen this. Welcome back!

I see thise was posted a couple of days ago and I hope that everything is now under control.

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@mysdianait (66009)

• Italy

2 Feb 17

@marguicha This makes me really mad because I have seen no mention of these fires on out TV here

We should have heard of them as it sounds like a really huge disaster. I hope no lives have been lost.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

2 Feb 17

We have had the greatest forest fires ever recorded here. And it is not under control yet. We have rented the biggest aircrafts designed to control fires and we have also had international help. Still, the fire goes on destroying everything.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

2 Feb 17

@mysdianait !" lives have been already lost and I believe that the disaster is worse than a big earthquake.

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@allen0187 (58438)

• Philippines

31 Jan 17

Hard to like a post such as this. So sorry for this. Hopefully, steps will be undertaken to control the damage caused by these fires.

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@allen0187 (58438)

• Philippines

31 Jan 17

@marguicha so sad to hear that. However, there is hope seeing that people from around the world are helping to address the problem.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

3 Feb 17

@allen0187 The best in technology is here, yet the fires continue.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

Many people are fighting the fire including international help. This has been the worst catastrophe I have seen in my life.

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@lealuvy2j (1986)

• Philippines

31 Jan 17

I am so sorry that this happened. This is why I truly believe that we should all be worried about climate change and global warming. These forest fires are a result of this.

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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)

• United States

31 Jan 17

@marguicha wow, that is horrible! Why on earth would anyone purposely set a fire?

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

The climate has not helped. But there is a possibility that part of them were man made fires.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

@ElusiveButterfly There are two kinds of such bad people. Some are insane, but most of them are terrorists

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@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Jan 17

This is really bad news. Wildfires like this can be very devastating.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

It is awful! And the loss is beyond measure.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

@JudyEv Yes. The loss is great. And some people have lost all they had and it will take years to start over.

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@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Jan 17

@marguicha I understand there are thousands of hectares burnt.

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

31 Jan 17

Good to see you back. Missed you. There is nothing one can do with unannounced natural calamities but pray

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

People are still fighting the fires with international help.

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@LovingMyBabies (85127)

• Valdosta, Georgia

31 Jan 17

I'm sorry to hear this. =( I'm sorry that your vacation wasn't great. I hope somehow they can get control of the fires.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

Several countries have sent help with special aircraft and firemen. But the fire is not under control yet.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

@LovingMyBabies I hope so. But is is not easy. The summer temperatures and the drought does not help.

@LovingMyBabies (85127)

• Valdosta, Georgia

31 Jan 17

@marguicha I hope it will be soon.

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@rebelann (111154)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Jan 17

I'm putting Chili in my prayers, I hope you get no less than 4 days of steady rain. Hopefully you and your family are ok.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

My family is ok. But there are many families that have lost everything.

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@rebelann (111154)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Jan 17

Such a shame @marguicha

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@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

31 Jan 17

I have not seen anything about this on our news which makes me again realize how inadequate our news is here in the US they would rather comment on stupid political things than world news.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

This forest fire is a greater catastrophe for our country than a big earthquake. And in spite of international aid, it has not stopped.

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@cahaya1983 (11121)

• Malaysia

31 Jan 17

I saw it on the news, it's really sad knowing what's happening. I hope things will be better very soon.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

I hope so, but summer heat and wind does not help.

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@Marilynda1225 (79678)

• United States

31 Jan 17

Hopefully they can get that fire under control and out quickly. Forest fires are pretty scary

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

This has been going on for weeks.

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@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

31 Jan 17

OH dear I am so sorry to read this. As long as you are safe that is all that matters!

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

I am safe, but a big part of my country is in flames or in ashes

@Morleyhunt (21737)

• Canada

31 Jan 17

Welcome back. Forest fires have affected so many lives. The effects are devastating.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

My country has many forests and many people depend on them.

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ElusiveButterfly

@ElusiveButterfly (45940)

• United States

31 Jan 17

That is not great news. I hope that they get the fires under control soon.

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

It has been going on for more than 2 weeks.

@Kandae11 (53679)

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31 Jan 17

Sorry to hear about what is happening in your country. Why do people do these things?

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@marguicha (215346)

• Chile

31 Jan 17

Part of it is because of natural causes. Yet around 50 people are in prison whjile police checks their participation in the fires.