{"id":34038,"date":"2013-02-15T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T13:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=34038"},"modified":"2013-02-15T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T13:55:09","slug":"chile-forest-firewarning-for-city-of-valparasio-video-latin-america-news-34038","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/chile-forest-firewarning-for-city-of-valparasio-video-latin-america-news-34038\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile Forest Fire:Warning for city of Valparasio, Video \/ Latin America News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A forest fire in North Chile’s port city of Valparaiso has destroyed at least 70 homes and forced the evacuation of more than 500 families.<\/h1>\n

At least 70 homes have been destroyed and more than 500 families have been forced to evacuate.<\/p>\n

The blaze broke out on the city’s San Roque hill, some 75 miles northeast of the capital, Santiago.<\/p>\n

Strong, changing winds and high temperatures at the peak of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer holiday season have made the fire worse.<\/p>\n

Valparaiso’s regional governor Raul Celis described it as “the city’s worst blaze in two decades”.<\/p>\n

Local television stations showed images of a towering plume of smoke billowing over the city.<\/p>\n

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The smoke kept firefighting aircraft grounded while more than a dozen firefighter units, 700 policemen and several army platoons continued to battle the fire five hours after it started.<\/p>\n

Twenty-seven people, including five children, were being treated for minor injuries and smoke inhalation, said Claudio Fernandez, director of the local Van Buren hospital.<\/p>\n

Police said they had arrested at least three people for looting.<\/p>\n

Valparaiso is surrounded by dozens of hills, where most people live.<\/p>\n

Authorities say the fire is concentrated near the hills and is still far away from the city’s low-lying centre.<\/p>\n

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