Chile: at least 51 dead in forest fires ravaging the center and south of the country. Dozens of homes are still active and the extremely high toll is likely to rise further.
In addition to human losses, between 3,000 and 6,000 homes were damaged or destroyed by Chile's deadliest forest fires in the last decade. Since Wednesday, the temperature has been close to 40 degrees, which is why we see these episodes every year, a Chilean official says. The heatwave resulting from the climatic phenomenon El Niño is currently affecting the southern cone of Latin America.