Wildfires in Chile's Valpara’so Region Cause Massive Destruction, Hundreds Missing

<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In Chile, hundreds of people are missing as wildfires continue to raze homes in Valparaíso region.</p>”<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />”</p>”<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The fires broke out last week amid an unusual heat wave that had drawn tourists to the seaside towns of Viña del Mar and Valparaíso, which are normally cooled by sea breezes. More than 120 people have been killed in the fires till yet.</p>”<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />”</p>”<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Local media reported, the smoke from the fires could be seen from space, satellite images showed. It said, three towns have been wrapped in acrid smoke from the forest fires burning in the nearby hills. According to the authorities, nearly 15,000 homes have been damaged.</p>”<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />”</p>”<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">President Gabriel Boric declared a state of emergency on last Friday and imposed a night-time curfew.</span></p>

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