{"id":2167668,"date":"2024-02-04T19:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T00:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-rises-to-99-as-authorities-struggle-to-contain-forest-fires-in-chile\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T19:26:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T00:26:16","slug":"death-toll-rises-to-99-as-authorities-struggle-to-contain-forest-fires-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-rises-to-99-as-authorities-struggle-to-contain-forest-fires-in-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest fires in Chile continue to rage, claiming 99 lives as authorities battle to control the situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeath-toll-rises-to-99-as-authorities-struggle-to-contain-forest-fires-in-chile%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2167668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">  \u2062A firefighter works at the Botanical Garden after a forest fire in Vi\u00f1a del \u2063Mar, Chile, on February 4, 2024. Chileans Sunday feared \u200ca rise in the death toll from wildfires blazing across the South American country that\u2063 have\u200d already killed at least \u200d51 people, leaving bodies in the \u200dstreet and\u2062 homes\u200c gutted. (Photo by Javier TORRES \/ AFP) (Photo by JAVIER TORRES\/AFP via Getty \u200bImages)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>4:15 PM \u2013 Sunday, February 4, 2024<\/p>\n<h2>The\u200c death toll\u2063 in Chile continues to rise as thousands\u200c of people have been left homeless\u200c and \u2064at least\u200d 99 have died due to forest fires.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, \u200dauthorities declared\u200b that at least \u206499 people have \u200bdied in\u2062 the\u200d fires and\u2063 have extended curfews\u2062 in the cities most severely damaged.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The wildfires that are happening in Chile right now have \u200da very eerie similarity to what \u2064happened in Hawaii last year.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of homes have \u200bbeen destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>State of emergencyhas been declared.<\/p>\n<p>Death toll is expected to rise. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Z4hOFQ9au\">pic.twitter.com\/9Z4hOFQ9au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shadow of \u200bEzra (@ShadowofEzra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShadowofEzra\/status\/1753946330240516287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Interior Minister \u200dCarolina\u2063 Toh\u00e1 said there are 92 active fires that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/at-least-19-dead-in-chile-forest-fires-state-of-emergency-declared\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">started on Friday<\/a> burning that have affected more than 43,000\u200c hectares and more than \u200d1,350 homes have already been affected.<\/p>\n<p>President Gabriel Boric issued an order for two days of national mourning for \u2062the forest fires victims and said that the number of victims is\u200d expected to\u2063 rise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI know that it is a very difficult time to \u2064lose the house that was built \u2062with so many \u200byears of\u2064 sacrifice,\u201d\u2064 the president \u200dsaid. \u201cLosing a family \u200bmember, a loved one, is a heartbreak impossible to measure, but rest assured that our government is deployed with all the human, technical\u2063 and budgetary resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rolando Fern\u00e1ndez, one of the residents \u2062who lost his home, spoke\u2064 with \u2062the press, saying he has been left with nothing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve\u200c been here for 32 years and never imagined this \u2064would happen,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cI\u2019ve worked my whole life, and now I\u2019m left\u200b with nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To put out the fires, Toh\u00e1 said that three shelters had been set\u200d up in the Valpara\u00edso \u2064region and that over 450 firefighters and 19 helicopters had been sent to the area.<\/p>\n<p>She\u200b also stated that rescue teams were still having trouble getting \u2062to the neighborhoods\u2063 that \u2062had been hit the\u2062 hardest. Neighborhoods on the outskirts of Vi\u00f1a del Mar have been affected by the fires that are burning in \u200ddifficult-to-reach mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Blackouts have been\u200b reported by officials as a consequence of the fire. According to Toh\u00e1, three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexicos-herrell-wants-answers-from-mayorkas-on-immigrants-entering-u-s-without-medical-crime-checks\/\" title=\"New Mexico\u2019s Herrell Wants Answers from Mayorkas on Immigrants Entering U.S. Without Medical, Crime Checks\">senior living facilities<\/a>\u200d and \u2063four hospitals in the Valpara\u00edso area had to be evacuated, and the fire also destroyed two bus terminals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wildfires in Chile, 100 people dead.<\/p>\n<p>Chilean officials have already stated\u200c they believe the fires have been \u2063intentionally caused.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UWaX9JQSxc\">pic.twitter.com\/UWaX9JQSxc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DD \u2064Denslow \u200d\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@wolsned) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wolsned\/status\/1754277266832412689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February\u200b 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Rodrigo Mundaca, \u2063the governor of the Valpara\u00edso\u2062 region, said on Sunday he believed that\u200d some of the fires\u200c could have been intentionally caused<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThese fires \u2062began in\u200b four points that lit up simultaneously,\u201d\u2064 Mundaca said. \u201cAs authorities, we will have to \u200cwork rigorously to find who is responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Chile\u2019s Legal Medical Service, only \u206332 bodies out of the \u206399 have been identified.\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>In \u2062order to allow fire engines \u200cand ambulances to \u2063more easily reach those farther away from the fires, authorities are urging residents in the impacted areas to leave their homes as soon as \u2064possible.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your\u200c inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Fani Willis \u2064admits to dating her special prosecutor, CENTCOM orders strikes in Syria and we say goodbye to Carl Weathers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Donald Trump, Nikki \u200bHaley, Republican, Nevada, Cameron\u2064 Breckenridge, Separate Ballots,<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>HR 6976 deports \u2062illegal immigrants caught driving intoxicated. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>From consequential \u2063fallout in the Middle East \u2063to campaign events in the Wolverine State. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>U.S. safety regulators have upgraded their probe into Tesla\u00a0vehicles over power steering loss to an engineering \u2063analysis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia\u00a0has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peaceful-pro-life-activists-face-up-to-11-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Pro-life activists may face up to 11 years in prison despite their peaceful actions\">started taking pre-orders<\/a> for a new China-specific AI chip with prices on par with a rival product \u200dfrom Huawei.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Tesla chief \u2064executive and a board seen as captive to him must\u200b find a\u200b way to negotiate a replacement contract.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Qualcomm\u00a0forecast fiscal second<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-says-more-confidence-needed-on-inflation-front-before-rate-cuts-can-start\/\" title=\"Fed wants more confidence in inflation before rate cuts can begin\">-quarter profit slightly<\/a> above Wall Street estimates\u2064 and sales in line with \u2063market expectations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What steps have been taken to control \u200cthe situation and extinguish the fires in \u200dChile?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The death toll in Chile continues to rise as thousands of people have been left homeless and at least 99 have died due to forest fires. The fires, which started on Friday, have ravaged the country, leaving behind a path of destruction and devastation. The cities \u200dmost severely damaged have extended curfews in an effort to control the\u2064 situation.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Carolina Toh\u00e1\u200d reported\u200c that there are currently 92 active fires burning in Chile, \u200daffecting over 43,000 hectares of land. More than 1,350 homes have already\u2064 been affected, and the number is expected to rise. President Gabriel Boric \u2064has declared two\u200b days of\u200c national mourning \u200cfor\u2064 the victims \u200cof the forest fires and \u2062expressed his condolences to those who \u2064have lost their homes and \u200cloved ones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200d know that it\u2064 is a very difficult time\u200b to lose the house that was built with\u2063 so many years of sacrifice,&#8221; \u2064the president said. \u2063&#8221;Losing a family member, a loved one, is a heartbreak impossible \u200cto measure, but rest assured that our government \u200dis deployed with all\u200c the human, technical, and budgetary resources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The fires have caused widespread devastation, leaving residents like\u200b Rolando Fern\u00e1ndez with nothing. Fern\u00e1ndez, who lost \u2062his home, expressed his disbelief, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been here for \u200d32 years and never imagined this would \u200chappen. I&#8217;ve worked my whole life, and now I&#8217;m left with nothing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to extinguish the fires have been ongoing, with three shelters\u200c set \u200cup in the Valpara\u00edso region and over 450 firefighters and 19 helicopters deployed to the area. However, rescue teams are facing \u2062challenges in reaching the hardest-hit neighborhoods due to the difficult terrain. Neighborhoods on the outskirts of \u200cVi\u00f1a del Mar have been particularly affected \u200bby the fires burning in the mountains.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to\u200b the destruction caused by\u200c the fires,\u200d officials have reported blackouts in the area. Three senior \u2063living facilities and four hospitals had to be\u2063 evacuated, and two bus terminals were \u2063destroyed. The situation remains precarious as firefighters and rescue teams work tirelessly to bring \u200cthe fires under control.<\/p>\n<p>The severity \u2064of the fires has raised suspicions of intentional arson. Rodrigo Mundaca, \u200bthe governor of the Valpara\u00edso region, believes that some of \u200cthe fires could have been deliberately started. &#8220;These fires began in four points that lit up simultaneously,&#8221; Mundaca said. &#8220;As authorities,\u200d we will have to work rigorously \u200cto find who is responsible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the nation mourns\u2064 the loss of lives\u200d and\u200d homes, Chileans \u2064are left\u200b to pick\u2064 up \u200dthe pieces and rebuild. The identification process for the victims is ongoing, with only\u200c 32 out of the 99 bodies\u200c being identified thus far. It will \u200ctake time for the full \u200cextent of \u2062the damage to be assessed,\u200c but one \u2064thing is\u2062 clear &#8211; the people of Chile will need support and assistance in the difficult days ahead as they recover \u2062from this devastating disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A firefighter in Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Chile, helps at the Botanical Garden following a devastating forest fire on February 4, 2024. With at least 51 casualties, Chileans are concerned about the increasing death toll caused by the widespread wildfires. Streets are filled with bodies and homes have been completely destroyed. 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