After a wildfire that devastated Chile's largest botanical garden, the century-old park has planted thousands of native trees that it hopes are less likely to go up in flames.

Aerial photograph showing a sector of the Botanical Garden of Vina del Mar, affected by fires in the region, in Vina del Mar, Chile, 5 February 2024. TEFE/ Adriana Thomasa Viña’s 400-acre ...

The fires burned with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where a famous botanical garden founded in 1931 was destroyed by the flames Sunday. At least 1,600 people were left ...

By John Bartlett and Jack Nicas Photographs by Cristóbal Olivares John Bartlett and Cristóbal Olivares, a photographer, reported from Chile’s National Botanical Garden of Viña del Mar. On ...

Most of the deaths have been in Viña del Mar, a popular tourist spot known for its beaches and botanical gardens. The town's mayor, Macarena Ripamonti, told reporters on Sunday that "190 people ...

The fires raged with unprecedented intensity around Viña del Mar, destroying a renowned botanical garden founded in 1931. The flames have left at least 1,600 people without homes, particularly ...

“Not a single house was left here,” retiree Lilian Rojas, 67, told AFP of her neighbourhood near the Vina del Mar botanical garden, which was also destroyed in the flames. Dead victims in the streets ...

Most of the fatalities have been in Vina del Mar, a popular tourist spot known for its beaches and botanical garden - which was razed. The state forensic agency reported eight more deaths after ...

Last year's inferno -- considered the deadliest in Chile's recent history -- killed 136 people, razed entire neighborhoods and destroyed 90 percent of the 400-hectare (990-acre) garden in the ...

After a wildfire that devastated Chile's largest botanical garden ... 90 percent of the 400-hectare (990-acre) garden in the coastal city of Vina del Mar. Originally published on doc.afp.com ...