Chile: Burning on

Chilean firefighters on Saturday are still fighting hard against the raging forest fires which have so far spread to affect 480,000 hectares.

Although firefighters have put out 60 ground fires and have got 59 other fires under control, there are some 110 reported fires still raging on, after almost two weeks into firefighting.

The fires have claimed the lives of 11 people including some firefighters and police officers.
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