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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 27 January 2017

CHILE: Facing worst fires in history

The worst forestry disaster in Chile’s history. This is how President Michelle Bachelet described the 122 forest fires that have razed more than 226,000 hectares in Chile since last July, destroyed hundreds of homes, and claimed the lives of four firefighters. Of this total 37 fires remain out of control, according to Chile’s national forestry corporation (Conaf), and the Bachelet administration has declared a state of constitutional exception in the two central regions of O’Higgins and Maule, and the southern region of Biobío.

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