Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo Florida (Chile), Jan 23 : Firefighters and security forces battling blazes in Chile that have killed at least 21 people and ravaged swaths of forest this week faced other dangers, too, from attempted attacks to the threat of drone collisions. The flames, among the worst tragedies in the country’s recent memory, have reduced 45,700 hectares (176 square miles) of woodland and a handful of towns to ashes, according to the latest report from the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF), released Thursday. The total area burned in the current fires has already far surpassed the area consumed by the Valparaiso and Vina del Mar inferno of 2024, which destroyed more than 8,500 hectares (33 square miles) and claimed 131 lives.
