Wildfires in Chile have left at least 19 people dead, authorities said yesterday, as the government carried out mass evacuations and fought nearly two dozen blazes exacerbated by intense heat and high winds.
While weather conditions overnight helped control some fires, the largest were still active, with adverse conditions expected throughout the day, security minister Luis Cordero said at a news briefing.
Parts of central and southern Chile were under extreme heat warnings with temperatures expected to reach up to 37C.
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