SANTIAGO (Reuters) – More than 100 homes have been burned by a forest fire that unfold to the city of Castro on the vacationer island of Chiloe, off southern Chile, native officers mentioned on Friday.
The fire was introduced below management in a single day, though small areas have been nonetheless smoldering, Interior Ministry official Alejandro Verges mentioned.
“We are eradicating particles and placing out small remaining sources of fire. Fortunately, in a single day it was potential to include the blaze,” Verges mentioned.
The Chiloe archipelago is positioned about 1,000 km (600 miles) south of the capital metropolis, Santiago.
(Reporting by Natalia Ramos, writing by Hugh Bronstein; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
