are hampering efforts to tackle dozens of wildfires across central Chile that have killed at least 23 people, destroyed 800 homes and prompted the declaration of a state of emergency in three regions.

The Chilean government extended an emergency order and called for international help on Feb. 4 as deadly forest fires continued to tear through the country. (Video: Reuters) ...

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The Chilean government confirmed on Tuesday the death of a forestry worker who was helping in the operations to extinguish the fires that are raging in southern Chile, bringing to 25 the total ...

The fires, which have consumed 270,000 hectares (667,000 acres) of land, have killed 24 people so far in south-central Chile and already made 2023 the second worst year in terms of hectares burned ...

Feb 18 (Reuters) - New and reactivated wildfires in south-central Chile are causing great concern in populated areas, the country's Interior Ministry Carolina Toha said on Saturday, as some have ...

Remains of grapes burned by forest fires can be seen after the fires in Coelemu Wildfires in Chile Wildfires in Chile A grapevine burned is seen in the aftermath of the forest fires in Coelemu ...

The world’s most northerly forests could be a “time bomb” of planet-warming pollution as expanding wildfires have released record high levels of planet-heating pollution into the atmosphere ...

"We think wildfires are going to become more frequent and intense," she told AFP, adding the ozone hole "will get better eventually, I believe, but it's conceivable that wildfires could certainly ...

BBC World Questions comes to Chile to debate the country’s most pressing issues, in front of a large audience at the ...

Forest fires that have killed 26 people and left thousands homeless in central and southern Chile have also threatened the lives of animals. Domestic animals and those native to the woodland have ...

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