EDITED BY| CHRISTIAN MEGAN

5-FEB.-2023 - SANTIAGO, Chile (AP)

 

  THOUGH ALL THE EFFORTS OF FIGHTING THE FOREST FIRES, THE DEATH TOLL ROSE UP BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND SOMKES.

   

   Chile extended an emergency declaration to yet another region on Saturday as firefighters struggled to control dozens of raging wildfires that have claimed at least 22 lives amid a scorching heat wave that has broken records.

 The fire exploded Over the past week, burned tens of hectares, and ended hundred of houses and animals...Chilean authorities announced that about 22 persons died as the fires caused high temperatures.

The government declared a case of emergency in the La Araucanía region, located in the south of Ñuble and Biobío, two central-southern regions where the emergency declaration had already been issued. The authorities said ;

   " Efforts are posed to face the catastrophe and we asked for the support of the military besides the fight fighters.

At least 22 people have died in connection to the fires and 554 have been injured, including 16 in serious condition, according to Interior Minister Carolina Tohá. The death toll is likely to rise as Tohá said there are unconfirmed reports of at least 10 people missing.