Chilean authorities say they restored power to most homes, hours after a massive, rare blackout caused transport chaos in the capital and forced the president to declare a state of emergency and curfew across much of the country.
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Power restored to most homes after Chile's massive blackout.
The rare blackout caused transport chaos in the capital and forced the president to declare a state of emergency and curfew across much of the country
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#UPDATE At least 40 people died in the fires, while another six died as a result of burns, according to Chile’s President Gabriel Boric
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#UPDATE At least 19 people have died in forest fires raging near Chile's coast, Interior Minister Carolina Toha said Saturday, warning the toll was likely to climb higher.
VIDEO: Chile has declared a state of emergency in the central Valparaiso region, where officials fear wildfires have claimed around 10 lives and are threatening hundreds of homes.
#UPDATE Chile declares a state of emergency as officials say 10 people are feared dead in forest fires in the central Valparaiso region, where blazes are threatening hundreds of homes.
Officials there gave the "preliminary" toll as Chilean President Gabriel Boric decreed "a state of emergency due to catastrophe, in order to have all the necessary resources" to fight the fires.
Al menos 19 personas murieron en un solo sector de Viña del Mar a causa de los incendios forestales que tienen en emergencia a la región de Valparaíso y otras partes del centro y sur de Chile, informa la ministra del Interior, Carolina Tohá #AFP
#ÚLTIMAHORA Decenas de incendios forestales dejan al menos 10 muertos en Chile, según un balance preliminar del gobierno, y el presidente Gabriel Boric decretó estado de excepción por catástrofe, para disponer de todos los recursos necesarios para enfrentar la emergencia
French tightrope walker Nathan Paulin crosses Alameda Avenue on a 270-metre long taut rope, 50 metres above ground, on the opening day of the Teatro a Mil festival, in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, Chile.
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🔥🇨🇱 #Chile - Forest fires have raged for more than a week in south-central Chile, leaving at least 24 people dead.
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🇨🇱🔥 #Chile - In the past few days, hundreds of forest fires were whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile.
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Fire victim.
@AFP’s Javier Torres photographs veterinary personnel carrying a pudu, a South American deer, after it was rescued from the forest fires in Santa Juana, Chile.
Battle rages against Chile forest fires one week in: https://t.co/qCvYlYtS3T