Chile forest fire kills 12, destroys 1,000 homes
April, 14, 2014
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chile-forest-fire-kills-12-destroys-1-000-homes-1.2608499
A raging fire leaped from hilltop to hilltop in Valparaiso, Chile throughout the night and day on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and destroying at least 1,000 homes. More than 10,000 people were evacuated, including more than 200 female inmates at a prison.
And with hot dry winds stoking the embers, some of the fires broke out again and were burning out of control as a second night fell.
The blaze began Saturday afternoon in a forested ravine next to ramshackle housing on one of the city's 42 hilltops, and spread quickly as hot ash rained down over wooden houses and narrow streets that lack municipal water systems. Electricity failed as the fire grew, with towering, sparking flames turning the night sky orange over a darkening, destroyed horizon.
This year many things happened sadly, Kunming terror attack, Ukraine's protests, MH370, Chile earthquake, and Chile forest fire. Some of them, we should've prepared for it. Forest fire is destroying the environment. Also, it killed 12 and 1000 homeless. Who is going to pay the price for this? Government?
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