Valparaiso

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  5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Valparaiso In Chile

  An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Valparaiso, Chile, early on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

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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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  Families Homeless On Christmas After Forest Fire In Chilean Port

  Dozens of families found themselves homeless on Christmas after a forest fire in the Chilean tourist port city of Valparaiso burned through two hillside neighborhoods.

• 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.

• 6.4 Earthquake in Chile: US Geological Survey

  A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the region around Valparaiso, Chile on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported.

• Fires still besiege Chile port; 15 dead, 500 hurt

  Helicopters and airplanes dumped water on wildfires and the smoldering wreckage of hilltop neighborhoods around Valparaiso for a third straight day Monday as sailors in riot gear stood ready to evacuate 700 more families whose homes could be lost if the winds shifted.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.