The death toll from forest fires in Chile has increased to 112 people

, Chilean authorities announced that the death toll from massive fires in the forests of central Chile has increased to 112 people, and hundreds of people are still missing.

The authorities added: It is feared that the number of victims of the accident will increase significantly as the fire spreads and spreads to urban areas, while more bodies have been discovered from among the hills and houses that were involved in the fire.

Black smoke rises over an area in central Chile that is nearly a A million people are covered, while firefighters use helicopters and fire trucks to contain the flames.

The authorities stated that areas near the coastal city of Vina del Mar have experienced unprecedented heat due to this fire and rescue teams are fighting the flames to reach the areas. They are on fire.

According to this report, the speed and scope of the flames spread is so high that the surrounding and neighboring areas are also involved in fire and most of the roads and paths, streets and parked cars There has been a fire on the side of the streets and many houses. The speed of the wind has helped to increase the scope of the fire and this issue is still ongoing.

Last day “>Gabriel Boric, the president of Chile, also said in a televised message: the situation is very, very difficult. We faced a great tragedy after the 2010 earthquake. We are facing People prepare to hear bad news .

The country announced.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Chile stated in this regard that the available information and evidence show that the number of casualties in this incident will increase sharply in the coming hours. The conditions in some areas are very dangerous and we are witnessing the worst environmental crisis in the country after the 2010 earthquake in which about 500 people were killed.

He pointed out that the reports show that we have widespread fires in 165 places, which according to evaluations, these fires have so far destroyed 14,000 residential houses in the main fire areas.

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