Uncontrolled wildfires tore through communities in southern Chile, leaving charred ruins in their wake and at least 18 dead, authorities said on Sunday.
More than 50,000 people have been displaced by blazes burning for two days now in the Nuble and Biobio regions about 500 km (300 miles) south of Santiago, fanned by strong winds and hot weather.
“We had to leave with the shirts on our back. If we had stayed another 20 minutes we would have burned to death,” Matias Cid, a 25-year-old student in…
Chile declares state of emergency as wildfires kill at least 18 people
