Fire has consumed 11,000 hectares in Torres del Paine

The authorities confirmed that the fire affects the national park Torres del Paine, Patagonia, has consumed 11,000 hectares of native forest and shrubs at maintaining the high alert status.Information provided by the director of the National Emergency Office (Onemi), Vicente Núñez, who said that during the day was not possible to fight the flames by air due to bad weather."However, Brigade have been deployed 237 National Forestry Corporation (CONAF), Army, Fire and Argentina, who have supported ground combat," he said to reporters.Nunez confirmed that at noon on Friday was a light rain in the area "but not even served to mitigate the fire." "Notwithstanding the Meteorological Office has informed us that this Saturday and Sunday the winds diminish, which will allow a more frontal attack on the fire," he said.He said that if the forecast holds, the air assets that have come to the area can take action."We worked for more than 550 men as they join the Armed Forces brigade, fire and Argentine experts specialized"Addition will add at least six tank trucks that have come from Aysen and Magallanes from elsewhere, adding 10 additional trucks.The Government requested international assistance on Friday due to the magnitude of the fire that began last Wednesday, which also had to declare "disaster area".At least 700 tourists and employees were dozens were evacuated quickly from the area, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, and the extent of the austral summer months some 130,000 visitors, mostly Europeans.In the area inhabited by the Chilean huemul, a little-known native deer, which is part of the national shield, and many species not found anywhere else on the planet and are in danger of extinction for several decades and many native plants .The fire, which would have started last Wednesday, on a trail for hikers, consumes an average of about 2,500 hectares of forest per day, said the president Sebastián Piñera who went to the offices to inquire Onemi details.