Drone video shows wildfire-scorched neighbourhood in Chile | ABS-CBN News

Drone video from Vina del Mar in Chile on Sunday (February 4) captured the scale of devastation from deadly wildfires that tore through the area.

Wildfires that began several days ago are menacing the outer edges of Vina del Mar and Valparaiso, two coastal cities popular with tourists. The urban sprawl of those cities accounts for more than a million residents west of the capital Santiago.

Drone footage filmed by Reuters in Vina del Mar area showed entire neighborhoods scorched, with residents rummaging through husks of burnt-out houses where corrugated iron roofs have collapsed.

Chilean authorities have introduced a 9 p.m. curfew in the hardest-hit areas and sent in the military to help firefighters stem the spread of fires, while helicopters dumped water to try to douse the flames from the air.

Chile's Legal Medical Service, the state coroner, said 99 people have died in the fires, with 32 bodies identified.

Earlier in the day Boric, announcing two days of national mourning starting on Monday (February 5), said Chile should prepare itself for more bad news.

(Production: Jorge Vega, Paul Vieira)

For more ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmh2QdQIUTg8drWJzhiGn29W

For more latest news and analysis from ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmirlKxlCckfVQAgc0Xg3uZ4

For more News Digital News Raw Cuts, click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmi83yKJH8Dv0p_3D4cyZKzV

Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews

Watch the full episodes of TV Patrol on iWantTFC:
http://bit.ly/TVPatrol-iWantTFC

Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS
Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews

#Exclusive
#LatestNews
#ABSCBNNews

Видео Drone video shows wildfire-scorched neighbourhood in Chile | ABS-CBN News канала ABS-CBN News