Fire engulfs parts of Chile's Valparaiso, two dead


  • World
  • Sunday, 13 Apr 2014

VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) - An enormous fire ripped through parts of the Chilean port city Valparaiso on Saturday and into Sunday, killing two people, destroying at least 500 houses and causing the evacuation of thousands of residents.

Chilean marines patrolled the streets after President Michelle Bachelet declared a state of emergency, in what Valparaiso mayor Jorge Castro described as the worst fire in the city's history.

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