( Spanish) — The serious forest fires in Chile have caused the death of at least 23 people, the undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Manuel Monsalve, reported this Saturday.
“Unfortunately, a deceased person has been added in the Ñuble region, adding to the 22 reported by the Minister of the Interior in the morning report,” Monsalve said.
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The undersecretary added that they have the report of 979 injured people, 1,111 sheltered and 865 victims so far.
The Chilean government decreed a state of catastrophe this Friday in the Ñuble and Biobío regions due to a series of forest fires in the area.
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