Admin l Sunday, February 05, 2017
CHILE – Wild fires which has affected about 1.2 million hectares of forest in the last two weeks has born the homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Chile.
At least five homes of members of Jehovah Witnesses in the country were affected but the good news is that no lives have been lost to the ravaging fire.
“Jehovah’s Witnesses are assisting their fellow members as well as others affected by widespread forest fires, which have devastated over a half-million hectares (1.2 million a.) in central and southern Chile”, the witnesses said on their website, jw.org.
Authorities in Chile are calling these fires, many of which have been burning for two weeks, some of the worst in the country’s history.
“The branch office of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Chile reports that no Witnesses have been injured or killed as a result of the fires”, the witnesses said, adding that some have been evacuated and were accommodated by their fellow worshipers.
“Additionally, five homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses were destroyed by the blazes. The branch office established a disaster relief committee to further evaluate the need for organized relief work”, it said, adding that the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses facilitates disaster relief efforts from their world headquarters, using funds donated to the Witnesses’ global ministry work.
