More than 230 wildfires in Chile have destroyed an area larger than the US city of Philadelphia. The country is in the grip of a heatwave with 30C temperatures and strong winds intensifying the wildfires.
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The country is currently in the grip of a heatwave with 30C temperatures and strong winds intensifying the wildfires. They have burned through more than 40,000 hectares - the equivalent of almost 100,000 acres, larger than the size of the US city of Philadelphia, according to Reuters.Resident Rosa Munoz lost her home after wildfires ripped through the city of Tome, in the Biobio region. Pic: APNational forestry agency CONAF said on Saturday that 151 of a total 231 wildfires are now under control.He said there is"evidence" some wildfires were caused by unauthorised burnings.
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