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VINA DEL MAR, Chile, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Scorched earth surrounds the 70 houses of the Villa Botania neighborhood, on the outskirts of Chile's coastal town of Vina del Mar. Wildfires earlier this ...
SANTIAGO, Chile — Firefighters wrestled ... Curfews were declared in Viña del Mar and the neighboring cities of Quilpé and Villa Alemana as part of an effort to prevent looting.
Days after devastating wildfires ripped through Chile’s Pacific Coast ... Regina Figueroa, 53, a resident of the Villa Independencia settlement outside Viña del Mar, said she received a ...
The devastating wildfires tearing across large parts of Chile are believed to be ... “The inhabitants of Viña del Mar, of Quilpué, of Villa Alemana, have gone through and are experiencing ...
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — The death toll from wildfires ... Two other towns, Quilpé and Villa Alemana, also were hit hard as the fires spread quickly in dry weather and strong winds.
VALPARAISO, Chile, Feb 3 (Reuters ... through his neighborhood and the coastal cities of Valparaiso and Vina del Mar, killing 137 people. Vidal, 63, says he signed up to receive government ...
Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have ... town of Vina del Mar, where some neighbourhoods have already been hit hard. In Villa Independencia, a ...
It forms part of the Valparaíso Region, which also includes municipalities Concon, Quilpue, Villa Alemana and Valparaíso, and is located about 80 miles from Santiago. Viña del Mar plays home to a ...
Strong winds caused the blaze to spread quickly toward some of Chile’s most heavily ... In neighborhoods like Villa Independencia, Achupallas (in Viña del Mar) and Pompeya (in Quilpué ...
Thousands of homes were destroyed in Chile's deadliest fire Police ... They spread to the hills surrounding Viña del Mar and the towns of Quilpué and Villa Alemana, destroying thousands of ...