Hundreds of fires are raging; forest fires in Chile have claimed dozens of lives

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The death toll from the serious forest fires in Chile has risen to more than fifty. A number of people were still missing. On Saturday alone, 143 fires were recorded in the country covering an area of ​​about 21,000 hectares.

Interior Minister Carolina Tohá said thousands of homes were also affected by the fires. There are more than 3,000 in the Valparaíso region alone (see video above).

On Friday, President Boric had already declared a state of emergency in the affected areas due to the disaster in order to mobilize all necessary resources.

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“Our priority is to save lives”
Boric has now ordered the Ministry of Defense to deploy more military units. “Our priority is to save lives,” Boric said on Saturday.

Serious forest fires occur again and again in Chile in the southern hemisphere in the summer. However, there is a suspicion that at least some of the fires were deliberately started.

Source: Krone

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