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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
SANTIAGO, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Chilean President Gabriel Boric said Sunday the death toll from wildfires engulfing the country's south-central region has reached 18 and is expected to rise.
“As of today, we have confirmed information about 18 deaths, but unfortunately, we are sure that this number will grow,” G. Boric told reporters in Concepción in the Bío-Bío region, about 500 kilometers south of Santiago.
He noted that preliminary estimates indicated that around 300 houses had been destroyed in Bio-Bio alone, warning that the final number could exceed 1,000.
Authorities imposed a curfew on Saturday evening in the municipalities of Penco, Nacimiento and Laja, while in Lirquen, one of the hardest-hit areas, a curfew was imposed earlier and remains in effect indefinitely after fires engulfed about 80 percent of the city.
According to the National Forestry Corporation, 14 forest fires are currently burning in Chile, with red alerts issued for them, and the burned area nationwide exceeds 24,000 hectares. The largest fire is in Concepción, covering over 10,600 hectares.
Boric has declared a state of emergency in the regions of Nuble and Bio-bio. –0–
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