Chileans drive through wildfires to escape apocalyptic scenes

Chilean firefighters were on Sunday continuing to battle rapidly expanding wildfires as the death toll from the emergency was raised to 46. At least 200 people are feared missing in Viña del Mar, a coastal city northwest of Santiago. A dozen blazes erupted on Friday, mostly concentrated in that region and also in Valparaiso, another tourist area, where they have ravaged thousands of hectares of forest, cloaked coastal cities in a dense fog of grey smoke and forced people to flee their homes. “We have preliminary information that several people have died, around 10,” said Sofia Gonzales Cortes, state representative for the central region of Valparaiso. Read more here: #Chile #valparaiso #viñadelmar Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: