For decades, severe and extensive forest fires have affected the central-southern zone of Chile with force and destruction. The fires have left not only deaths and serious environmental impacts in their wake, but severe social and economic consequences. Increasing in their intensity, forest fires not only reflect the effects of the climate crisis, but warn of other issues, such as urban expansion and land use changes. But now we have gone from seeing fires of varying scale and magnitude to a much more terrifying category: megafires. These are powerful massive fires that are extreme in their size and impact. And they are no longer rare. …What is happening that is causing these destructive fires to repeat with greater frequency …According to land use type, half of the area affected by large fires between 1985 and 2018 was covered by exotic species tree plantations utilizing pine and eucalyptus.