Above: Tanker 03, a BAe-146, in Chile. Neptune photo.
The number of active wildfires in Chile has varied from week to week depending on the weather, but the drought-driven situation that has plagued Chile since December is still of great concern to the residents of the country — especially since more than 1,000 homes burned in Santa Olga on January 25.
The tweet below refers to a fire in the Maule Region.
URGENTE: Está quedando la grande nuevamente en la region del maule con los incendios
Que #Viña2017 no tape esto por favor
San Ramón Parral pic.twitter.com/AbgqB0k6UQ— TuiteroSismico (@dngonzalo) February 22, 2017
The 747 Supertanker returned to Colorado Springs on February 13 after being in Chile for three weeks. The Russian IL-76 is still there but is expected to depart on February 25.
Neptune’s Tanker 03, a BAe-146, arrived in the country February 4. It has completed 20 missions dropping on fires, but a spokesperson for the company told us today it has not flown since February 14. It is committed to remain in Chile through the end of this month.
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