The fire has killed more than 130 people in central Chile and destroyed some 15,000 homes. The Valparaíso area, where the Chilean Congress is based, and the spa city of Viña del Mar are devastated.
The number of deaths has multiple reasons: neighborhoods built without planning on hills not suitable as urbanizable land, overcrowding, flammable materials. The State has failed in controls and, once the scenario of a possible catastrophe was consummated, failed in alerts.