Some of the ancient moai statues on Easter Island have been damaged by a fire.
A number of the island's statues have been damaged by the fire. According to the Undersecretary of Cultural Heritage, Carolina Pérez Dattari, at least 60 hectares of land were affected by the Rano Raraku volcano. A UNESCO World Heritage site and part of the national park on the island has over 400 statues and a quarry used to build them.
The officials are assessing the damages to the moai. The fire got out of control due to a shortage of volunteers, according to a statement posted to Facebook.
Ariki Tepano, director of the Ma'u Henua community that manages the national park on the island, said in a statement that the damage to the statues is "irreparable and with consequences beyond what your eyes see." You can see the effects of the fire on the moai.
The mayor of Rapa Nui seemed to confirm this week that the fire may have been set.
Humans are to blame for all the fires on Rapa Nui. The damage done by the fire can't be repaired. No matter how much money is put into the stone, it cannot be recovered.
Some moai weresemi-buried and that is what saved them, but others were reached by fire.
The territory of Rapa Nui is located in the Polynesian Triangle in the southern Pacific Ocean. Between the 10th and 16th centuries, the island's enormous statues were carved, with some as tall as 65 feet.
One of the most isolated areas in the world is the territory. Thousands of people live full time on the island and thousands of tourists visit each year. The national park and the tourist infrastructure around it are maintained by descendants of the Rapa Nui people.
The fire may have been caused by a lack of resources given to the national park. He said that the state has been absent all the time. There are many conflicts that have to do with prevention plans. In fire prevention, we have a 16,000-hectare park, which is the largest open-air museum in the world.
The park was reopened to the public in August after being closed for two years due to the covid-19 epidemic.
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