Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced a state of catastrophe in two regions in the south of the country earlier yesterday as raging wildfires killed at least 18 people and forced at least 20,000 people to evacuate.
According to Chile’s CONAF forestry agency, firemen battled 24 active fires across the country as of yesterday morning, with the largest being in the regions of Ñuble and Bío Bío.
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