Chile has declared a state of disaster in several central-southern regions after a devastating heat wave sparked forest fires that left at least 13 people dead, authorities said Friday.
SANTIAGO, Chile —
“We have to announce that there are 13 deaths in total, 11 in the Santa Juana municipality,” head of the Senaprad national disaster agency Mauricio Tapia said. “I am very sad about the helicopter crash which killed the pilot and a mechanic who were working to fight the fire” in the La Araucania region, said Valenzuela.The death toll included at least four civilians and a firefighter previously reported killed.
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