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10 feared dead in Chile forest fires

IndiaTimes Saturday, 3 February 2024
Chilean firefighters were battling rapidly expanding wildfires Saturday that officials fear have claimed around 10 lives and are threatening hundreds of homes, prompting the president to declare a state of emergency. About a dozen fires have been raging since Friday. The blazes are concentrated in the Vina del Mar and Valparaiso tourist regions, where they have ravaged thousands of hectares of forest, cloaked coastal cities in a dense fog of gray smoke and forced people to flee their homes.
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News video: At least 112 dead in Chile after forest fires ravage the country for three days

At least 112 dead in Chile after forest fires ravage the country for three days 01:15

Chile’s President Gabriel Boric warned that the number of victims might rise as rescue services go through the homes that have collapsed because of the flames.

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