23 dead, 979 injured in wildfires in Chile

So far 23 people have died in the fires caused by the intense heat in Chile. These deaths occurred in some areas in the central-southern part of the country. The news agency Reuters reported this news in a report on Sunday.

Interior Minister Carolina Toha said in a press conference on Saturday that at least 554 people were injured in the fire until the latest news. Among them, the condition of 16 burnt people is critical. Meanwhile, there are 1 thousand 429 people in the shelter.

Secretary of the Interior Carolina

• Local time on Saturday (February 4) in a press conference, the authorities informed the matter. Apart from this, a state of emergency has been declared in various areas as the fire may spread to new areas.
  Interior Minister Carolina Toha said, due to the hostile weather, the fire has to be put out at a great speed, the situation is getting worse. But we are working to stop the fire from spreading.
  At least 80 of the total 231 fires have turned deadly, they said on Saturday. The country's interior minister said the governments of Spain, the United States, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil and Venezuela have offered help, including aircraft and firefighting forces.

Interior Minister Carolina Toha said, due to the hostile weather, the fire has to be put out at a great speed, the situation is getting worse. But we are working to stop the fire from spreading.

National Forestry Department of Chile

•   At least 81 of the 231 fires are burning, according to the agency Konaf. The rest have been brought under control. At least 81 of the 231 fires are burning, according to CONAF, Chile's national forestry agency. The rest have been brought under control.

However, on Saturday, the fire has spread to at least 16 other places, the authorities said, and the temperature in some parts of the southern hemisphere has reached 40 degrees. At least 44,000 hectares of forest have been burnt in the fire.