Hundreds of wildfires scorching southern and central Chile have left at least 23 people dead and hundreds more injured and displaced from their homes.
that emergency alerts were sent to another region as firefighters combat the flames. As of Saturday night, 232 forest fires were active, and 149 more had been controlled, the agency said.The raging fires have injured at least 979 people and pushed more than 1,100 to seek shelter, as authorities assess damage to more than 560 homes, the agency said.
In the town of Santa Juana in the Biobio region, south of the capital, Santiago, photos showed trees engulfed by orange columns of fire and billowing smoke.Among the deaths reported by local media outlets were a mechanic and a pilot after their helicopter, which was helping put out a blaze, crashed in the Araucanía region.Thousands of acres of land were destroyed in regions that are home to tracts of farm and forest land.
Officials said an intense summer heat wave in the South American country hindered efforts to contain the fires, with warnings ofPolice evacuated residents from a town in Araucanía, Chile, as firefighters fought to contain dozens of deadly forest fires on Feb. 4. “Weather conditions have made it very difficult to put out that are spreading, and the emergency is getting worse,” Interior Minister Carolina Tohá
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