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Chile forest fire toll rises, hundreds left homeless
4 years agoBrigade members of the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF) fight a fire in Nacimiento, Concepcion province, Chile on February 4, 2023. - At least 23 people have died in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior government official said Saturday night. (Photo by JAVIER TORRES / AFP)
Forest fires have killed 24 people, injured nearly 1,000 and destroyed 800 homes in five days as a blistering heat wave grips south-central Chile, authorities said Sunday.