Chile: trees that survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima escape the fire. Viña del Mar is located in the Valparaiso region, the epicenter of the wave of fires affecting Chile since February 1.
A small plain of the 400-hectare botanical garden was, surprisingly, spared from the fire which reduced palm trees, pines and even eucalyptus trees to ashes. “These trees are doubly strong. They endured Hiroshima (...) and, if they finally survive the catastrophe we are experiencing, they will be a double symbol,” said garden director Alejandro Peirano.