Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 15
Security Minister Luis Cordero gave the tolls for the blazes burning for two days now in the Nuble and Biobio regions about 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Santiago.
President Gabriel Boric earlier declared a state of emergency as crews battled flames fueled by gusting winds and hot weather in the southern hemisphere summer.
Nearly two dozen blazes are burning across the country, many of them in Nuble and Biobio.
"We face a complicated situation," Interior Minister Alvaro Elizalde said.
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