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Wildfire In Chilean Port City Of Valparaiso Leaves 700 Homeless
More than 245 homes have been destroyed and 700 people left destitute after a forest fire tore through a low-income area of the Chilean seaside city of Valparaiso on Christmas Eve.
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Residents Clear Mud, Rubble as Rebuilding Begins after Chile Quake
Residents began rebuilding homes and businesses in Coquimbo on Friday, two days after tsunami waves triggered by a major earthquake battered the Chilean port city's waterfront neighbourhoods.
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Chile Declares Alert as Calbuco Volcano Erupts
Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted on Wednesday for the first time in half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky near the southern port city of Puerto Montt and triggering a red alert.
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Chile Contains Huge Blaze Threatening UNESCO City
Firefighters have contained a huge forest blaze that had threatened the picturesque Chilean port city of Valparaiso, officials said Sunday, adding the government plans to charge those responsible for the fire.
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Residents Return After Fleeing Chile Port City Inferno
Thousands of residents began returning to their Valparaiso homes yesterday, hours after fleeing a still-smoldering forest fire that threatened the treasured Chilean seaport city, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Emergency as Blaze Threatens Chile Port City
Chile declared a state of emergency and precautionary evacuation yesterday of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire threatened the historic port city of Valparaiso, where 15 people died in blazes last year.
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Responders fight to control outbreaks in killer Chilean blaze
Emergency responders struggled on Monday with outbreaks from a deadly blaze that tore through parts of an historic Chilean port city, as authorities hoped to have control of the flames in two to three days.
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12 dead in Chile forest fire, 2000 homes destroyed
A raging fire leaped from hilltop to hilltop in this colorful Chilean port city and stubbornly burned out of control in places more than 24 hours later, killing 12 people and destroying at least 2,000 homes.
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11 dead in Chile fire, 5,000 evacuated
At least eleven people have died in a huge fire in Chile's port city of Valparaiso famous for its UNESCO-listed historic center, officials said on Sunday.
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Two dead in Chile forest fire; 500 homes destroyed
A large forest fire raging in the Chilean port city of Valparaiso has killed at least two people and destroyed 500 homes, officials said on Sunday.
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Mall project threatens Chilean city's old world charm
With its colorful hillside homes overlooking the Pacific and winding stairways, the Chilean port city of Valparaiso was named a UNESCO World Heritage site just over a decade ago.
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Wildfire In Chilean Port City Of Valparaiso Leaves 700 Homeless
More than 245 homes have been destroyed and 700 people left destitute after a forest fire tore through a low-income area of the Chilean seaside city of Valparaiso on Christmas Eve.
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Residents Clear Mud, Rubble as Rebuilding Begins after Chile Quake
Residents began rebuilding homes and businesses in Coquimbo on Friday, two days after tsunami waves triggered by a major earthquake battered the Chilean port city's waterfront neighbourhoods.
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Chile Declares Alert as Calbuco Volcano Erupts
Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted on Wednesday for the first time in half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky near the southern port city of Puerto Montt and triggering a red alert.
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Chile Contains Huge Blaze Threatening UNESCO City
Firefighters have contained a huge forest blaze that had threatened the picturesque Chilean port city of Valparaiso, officials said Sunday, adding the government plans to charge those responsible for the fire.
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Residents Return After Fleeing Chile Port City Inferno
Thousands of residents began returning to their Valparaiso homes yesterday, hours after fleeing a still-smoldering forest fire that threatened the treasured Chilean seaport city, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Emergency as Blaze Threatens Chile Port City
Chile declared a state of emergency and precautionary evacuation yesterday of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire threatened the historic port city of Valparaiso, where 15 people died in blazes last year.
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Responders fight to control outbreaks in killer Chilean blaze
Emergency responders struggled on Monday with outbreaks from a deadly blaze that tore through parts of an historic Chilean port city, as authorities hoped to have control of the flames in two to three days.
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12 dead in Chile forest fire, 2000 homes destroyed
A raging fire leaped from hilltop to hilltop in this colorful Chilean port city and stubbornly burned out of control in places more than 24 hours later, killing 12 people and destroying at least 2,000 homes.
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11 dead in Chile fire, 5,000 evacuated
At least eleven people have died in a huge fire in Chile's port city of Valparaiso famous for its UNESCO-listed historic center, officials said on Sunday.
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Two dead in Chile forest fire; 500 homes destroyed
A large forest fire raging in the Chilean port city of Valparaiso has killed at least two people and destroyed 500 homes, officials said on Sunday.
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Mall project threatens Chilean city's old world charm
With its colorful hillside homes overlooking the Pacific and winding stairways, the Chilean port city of Valparaiso was named a UNESCO World Heritage site just over a decade ago.
