At least 23 people killed, Chile expands emergency as deaths from wildfires rise

Chile has extended an emergency declaration to yet another region as firefighters struggled to control dozens of wildfires that have killed at least 23 people.
The latest emergency order on Saturday covers the southern region of Araucania, next to the previously declared Biobio and Nuble regions, located near the middle of the South American country’s long Pacific coastline.
The measure allows the government to mobilise the military to help battle the fires.

On Friday, Chile's disaster agency Senapred announced that at least 13 people had died amid forest fires razing through several regions, including Biobio, Nuble and La Araucania.

There are currently 251 wildfires raging in Chile, of which 76 have appeared in the past 24 hours.