Update about the Wildfire

Update: Jan. 04, 2012, 8:32 p.m.

5 of the 6 seats of fire in Torres del Paine National Park are under control.

The area effected by the wildfire has not been growing since yesterday and therefore maintains at 14,504 ha (35,839 acres).

As planned, the national park has partially been reopened and an area of about 100,000 of about 240,000 ha (247,100 of almost 600,000 acres) have been granted accessible to visitors. This supposedly is 80% of the area relevant to touristic activities. I personally doubt that this last number is correct. According to the local media, about 500 visitors have entered the Park today.

Apart from that, a local guide reported the re-initiation of a fire in the area near Lago Scottsberg (between Paine Grande Lodge and Campamaneto Italiano) and as a result that Refugios Los Cuernos is being closed again until at least Jan. 07. The later has not been confirmed yet.