A number of Easter Island’s iconic “Moai” stone statues suffered irreparable damage after a wildfire swept through the island earlier this week, the island’s
While the iconic statues are subjected to damage from the rain, sun and wind under normal circumstances, the wildfires greatly accelerated this damage.
Easter Island will open an investigation to determine the cause and full extent of the wildfire as well as the damage to the Moai statues to see what repairs can be done.
SANTIAGO - A number of Easter Island's iconic 'Moai' stone statues suffered irreparable damage after a wildfire swept through the island earlier this week, the island's mayor told Reuters on Friday. "It's unquantifiable, unmeasurable, the damage there is, it's irrecoverable," said Pedro Edmunds, mayor of Easter Island, a territory of Chile. "Because what the fire does is heat the rock.