Authorities warn that the number of victims will continue to increase as the hours go by. Viña del Mar, a tourist destination par excellence in Chile, looks like a deserted city at six in the afternoon on a summer day.

Neighbors from Villa Rukan, Villa Dulce or Palto Miraflores are organizing in the streets to prevent looting or having their land taken over. The fear of new outbreaks of fire persists, since the suspicion that the forest fires were intentional has not dissipated.