At least 23 people have died in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior government official has said
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The government of President Gabriel Boric extended a state of disaster to include the southern region of Araucania. The regions of Nuble and Biobio were already under a disaster designation. Mr Boric, who suspended a holiday to rush to the city of Concepcion, 510km south of the capital, Santiago, tweeted that he would keep working"to confront the forest fires and to help families."Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico and Spain have also offered help, Interior Minister Carolina Toha said.
The mayor of Santa Juana, Ana Albornoz, said that the fires had hit hard in the township because"the terrain is very rugged and the roads are bad."
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