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More than a hundred deaths have been recorded as a result of severe forest fires that have engulfed a densely populated area in central Chile. By the second week of February, the fire had already destroyed about 1,100 residential buildings.
According to the head of the Chilean Interior Ministry Carolina Toha, 92 fires have not yet been eliminated in the central and southern regions. Their cause was abnormally warm weather.
The most dangerous fire occurred in Valparaiso. In order for fire engines and medics to reach the disaster zone, citizens were instructed not to go out into the streets. Hard-to-reach mountainous areas on the outskirts of Viña del Mar were also affected.
