Chile, '64 dead in fires, but toll expected to rise' - Breaking news. Chilean President Gabriel Boric updated the death toll in the fires in the Valparaíso region, which has risen to 64 victims.

He announced two days of national mourning due to the tragedy. "I cannot believe - he added - that there could be people who cynically work to cause a massacre like this," Boric said at the end of a visit to the affected region..