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The fire was described as one of "rapid advance and high intensity", and caused the interruption of vehicular traffic on Routes 68 and F-718. [24] Another fire was reported in Lo Moscoso at 3:54 p.m., affecting 8 hectares (20 acres) in the communes of Quilpué and Villa Alemana. At the same time, authorities placed the Marga Marga province on ...
The Chilean government has reported at least 24 fatalities from the February wildfire outbreak, [1] at least 11 of them in the town of Santa Juana in Biobío. Two of the other fatalities occurred when an emergency services helicopter crashed on 3 February, killing its pilot and a mechanic, and a third occurred when a firefighter was struck by a truck while working an incident.
As a result of the fires, a total of 131 people were killed, [17] and at least 14,000 houses were affected by the fires in Viña del Mar and Quilpué. [21] The fires were regarded as the deadliest in Chile's history, and the deadliest disaster in the country since the 2010 Chile earthquake .
Emergency crews on the ground in Chile are prioritizing the fires in the port city of Valparaíso because of its proximity to urban areas. Local officials said 372 residents were reported missing.
VINA DEL MAR, Chile (Reuters) -The death toll from wildfires raging across central Chile hit 122 on Monday as helicopters dumped tons of water on blazes and emergency crews told Reuters they were ...
1-5 February: 2024 Chile wildfire season – Chile declares a state of emergency as wildfires kill at least 131 people across the country. Multiple fires are reported in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar.
Firefighters wrestled Sunday with massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the blazes and said at ...
News. Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports. Weather. 24/7 Help. ... (Reuters) -Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed at least 51 people and the death toll is likely to keep climbing ...