Chile wildfires: At least 99 killed in 'tragedy of very great magnitude'

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At least 99 people have been killed - and hundreds reported missing - in a series of huge wildfires in Chile.
At least 1,600 people have also been left without homes as a result of the forest fires, which have raged in the country's central region since they started several days ago.


The fires are on the outskirts of the coastal city of Vina del Mar, located some 75 miles (122km) west of the capital Santiago and home to around 300,000 people, and nearby Valparaiso.
Several neighbourhoods on the eastern edge of Vina del Mar have already been destroyed, while 200 people have been reported missing from the city and its surrounding areas.

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