46 reported dead in Chile as forest fires move into densely populated central areas

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Saturday evening, and officials said at least 1,100 homes had been destroyed.In a nationally televised address, President Gabriel Boric
warned that the death toll could worsen as four large fires burn in the region of Valparaiso, where firefighters have struggled to reach the
he said
burning in the center and south of the country, where temperatures have been unusually high this week.The deadliest of the fires were in the
fires were told to stay at home so that fire engines, ambulances and other emergency vehicles can get about on the roads with greater
Independencia, a hillside neighborhood on the eastern edge of the town, several blocks of homes and businesses were destroyed
temperatures along the west of South America this year, increasing the risk of forest fires
In January, more than 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of forests were destroyed in Colombia by fires that followed several weeks of dry