The Chile presidency has declared two days morning following devastating central wildlife that destroyed several villages and lands rendering many people homeless.
President Gabriel Boric who ordered for the declaration expressed his sympathy to the victims.
The death toll from central Chile’s blazing wildfires has climbed to at least 112 people on Sunday, after President Gabriel Boric warned the number would rise “significantly” as teams search gutted neighborhoods.
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Responders continued to battle fires in the coastal tourist region of Valparaiso amid an intense summer heat wave, with temperatures soaring to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) over the weekend.
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The country’s interior ministry says about 40 active outbreak are being battled as team of search gutted neighborhoods.
A welder who fled his burning home in Vina del Mar, Abraham Mardones told AFP he narrowly escaped the fast-paced inferno that raged over a hillside Friday and through several blocks of the seaside city.
“We looked out again and the fire was already on our walls. It took only 10 minutes. The entire hill burned,” he said.
“The fire consumed everything memories, comforts, homes. I was left with nothing but my overalls and a pair of sneakers that were given to me as a gift,” Mardones told AFP. “I could only rescue my dog.”
AFP