VI\u00d1A DEL MAR, Chile (AP) \u2014 The death toll from wildfires that ravaged central Chile for several days increased to 131 on Tuesday, and more than 300 people were still missing as the blazes appeared to be burning themselves out.<\/p>\n
The fires in Valparaiso are said to be Chile’s deadliest disaster since an earthquake in 2010. Officials have suggested that some could have been intentionally set.<\/p>\n
122 DEAD, HUNDREDS MORE MISSING AS CENTRAL CHILE TORCHED BY WILDFIRES<\/strong><\/p>\n President Gabriel Boric during a visit to the region announced that furniture used for the 2023 Pan American Games will be donated to victims. He said the government also will forgive the water bills for 9,200 affected homes.<\/p>\n The fires began Friday on the mountainous eastern edge of Vi\u00f1a del Mar, a beach resort known for a festival that attracts the best in Latin music. Two other towns, Quilp\u00e9 and Villa Alemana, also were hit hard as the fires spread quickly in dry weather and strong winds.<\/p>\n Devastating wildfire began east of Vi\u00f1a del Mar, in central Chile.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Vi\u00f1a del Mar Festival canceled its opening gala as a sign of mourning. Many participating singers including Alejandro Sanz, Pablo Albor\u00e1n and Man\u00e1 sent messages of solidarity and announced donations.<\/p>\n Chile\u2019s Forensic Medical Service has said many bodies recovered from the fires were in bad condition and difficult to identify, but forensic workers would take samples of genetic material from people reporting missing relatives.<\/p>\n “My parents\u2019 and my sisters\u2019 house burned, and my neighbors \u2014 the people who knew me when I was little \u2014 died,” said Gabriel Leiva, 46, going through debris in Vi\u00f1a del Mar. He said his neighbors were “family that is not of blood but of the heart.”<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The United Nations in a statement offered its condolences and announced assistance. Meanwhile, Boric, in a tweet, thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for “his important support” following the disaster.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] VI\u00d1A DEL MAR, Chile (AP) \u2014 The death toll from wildfires that ravaged central Chile for several days increased to 131 on Tuesday, and more than 300 people were still missing as the blazes appeared to be burning themselves out. The fires in Valparaiso are said to be Chile’s deadliest disaster since an earthquake …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"chile_fire_aftermath\"](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1200\/675\/chile_fire_aftermath.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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