Families homeless at Christmas after forest fire in Chilean port

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The blaze started in grassy and wooded areas and rapidly advanced to populated neighbourhoods in the tourist port city of Valparaiso.

Dozens of families found themselves homeless over Christmas after a forest fire in the Chilean tourist port city of Valparaiso burned through two hillside neighborhoods.

There were no deaths from the fire that had burned 150 hectares , though 12 volunteer firefighters were injured. The blaze started in grassy and wooded areas and rapidly advanced to populated neighborhoods in Valparaiso, about 120 kilometers northwest of Santiago.

 

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