2012 Araucanía wildfires

Wildfires in Chile July 2025 Event July 2025 A series of forest fires occurred in January 2012 mainly in the communes of Carahue and Lumaco. The first fire in Araucanía Region appeared in the estate Casa Piedra in Carahue and preceded other summer wildfires in Chile in the Biobío Region and Torres del Paine National Park. By 6 January 2012, seven firefighters had died in the Araucanía fires.Encuentran al séptimo brigadista muerto en Carahue https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090540/http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/encuentran-al-septimo-brigadista-muerto-en-carahue/xIQlaf!rGBFf5DU9XupA/ 2016-03-04 . Publimetro. 6 de enero de 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.A seis se eleva la cifra de brigadistas muertos en incendio forestal en La Araucanía Ulloa Morales, Eric. EMOL. 5 de enero de 2011. Retrieved: 6 January 2012. The highest political authority of Araucanía, the intendant of the region, denounced the fires as intentional on 6 January 2012.Intendente de La Araucanía: Incendio en Carahue tiene "toda la presunción" de ser intencional https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/desastres-naturales/intendente-de-la-araucania-incendio-en-carahue-tiene-toda-la/2012-01-06/094203.html 2012-01-06 2023-03-13 Radio Cooperativa Spanish References Category:History of Araucanía Region Category:Wildfires in Chile Category:2012 wildfires Category:2012 in Chile Category:2012 disasters in South America