At least 112 dead as Chile’s deadliest ever forest fire rages on

Locals clean the rubble of burnt-out houses after forest fires reached their neighbourhood in Vina del Mar, Chile. (AP Photo/Cristobal Basaure)

Stuti Mishra
© UK Independent

Raging forest fires in Chile have claimed the lives of 112 people and left entire neighbourhoods in ruins in what is being seen as the country’s worst blaze on record.

The fires that started on Friday have scorched 110,000 acres of area and spread to the outer edges of popular tourist towns like Vina del Mar and Valparaiso.