Wildfires sweeping across central and southern Chile killed at least 18 people Sunday, torching thousands of acres of forest and reducing hundreds of homes to ashes as a searing heat wave gripped the country, authorities said.
President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in the central Biobio region and neighboring Nuble region, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of the capital, Santiago, to accelerate emergency response efforts.
The designation allows broader coordination with the military as firefighters battle more than t
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