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Chilean Navy Aids Villa Independencia, El Olivar Devastated By Vina Del Mar Forest Fires, Over A Hundred Lives Lost

Chile faces a harrowing crisis as devastating forest fires sweep through Vina del Mar, claiming over a hundred lives, prompting the Chilean Navy to aid the affected Villa Independencia and El Olivar neighborhoods.

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Chilean Navy Aids Villa Independencia, El Olivar Devastated By Vina Del Mar Forest Fires, Over A Hundred Lives Lost
Chile Forest Fires | Photo: AP/Esteban Felix

Chilean Navy personnel walk past overturned, charred cars as they deploy to help aid the Villa Independencia neighborhood affected by forest fires in Vina del Mar, Chile.

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Chile Forest Fires | Photo: AP/Esteban Felix
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A man peers from the tent where he camped for the night at the spot where his home stood before it was destroyed by a forest fire in the Villa Independencia neighborhood of Vina del Mar, Chile.

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Chile Forest Fires | Photo: AP/Esteban Felix
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Aminta Guerra stands inside what is left of her charred home after a deadly forest fire affected the El Olivar neighborhood of Vina del Mar, Chile.

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Chile Forest Fires | Photo: AP/Esteban Felix
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A view of homes burnt during forest fires that blazed through the El Olivar neighborhood in Vina del Mar, Chile. Areas around Vina del Mar have been among the hardest-hit by fires that broke out in central Chile three day earlier, resulting in the deaths of more than a hundred people.

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Chile Forest Fires | Photo: AP/Esteban Felix
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Patricio Monsalvez heals his dog Muller's burnt paw, with the help of volunteers, next to a home that was burned to the ground during forest fires in Vina del Mar, Chile.

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Chile Forest Fires | Photo: Martin Thomas, Aton Chile via AP
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Vacationers play paddle ball on a beach backdropped by a darkening sky caused by smoke from nearby forest fires, in Viña del Mar, Chile.

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Chile Forest Fires | Photo: AP/Esteban Felix
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Firefighters take a break after fighting the flames of a forest fire reaching Vina del Mar, Chile.

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A person looks at a burned-out house after a forest fire reached Villa Independencia neighborhood in Vina del Mar, Chile.

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Chile Forest Fires | Photo: AP/Esteban Felix
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A resident flees an encroaching forest fire in Vina del Mar, Chile.

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Chile Forest Fires | Photo: AP/Esteban Felix
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The sun sets as smoke fills the sky caused by the forest fire encroaching on Vina del Mar, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. Officials say intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have lef.