On December 27, 2011, Israeli tourist Rother Singer started an accidental fire in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia. The fire took several days to be extinguished and burned more than 17,000 hectares. Singer was taken into custody by Chilean police and entered a plea in which he agreed to pay 4.8 million Chilean pesos (US $10,000) to CONAF and leave the country. This caused rage amongst some Chileans, who expected a prison sentence, with some protesters gathering outside the courthouse. In 2015, Chilean Supreme Court ratified the sentence. This case was reported in national and international media, introducing the "Plan Andinia" concept into the common Chilean knowledge, leading that in 2012, some Chilean politicians including members of the National Congress from the Christian Democratic Party and the Party for Democracy alleged that the fire in the Chilean Patagonia was in some way connected to the Andinia plan, prompting condemnation from the ADL.