#BREAKING At least 10 dead in Chile forest fires: officials

#UPDATE Chile declares a state of emergency as officials say 10 people are feared dead in forest fires in the central Valparaiso region, where blazes are threatening hundreds of homes. Officials there gave the "preliminary" toll as Chilean President Gabriel Boric decreed "a state of emergency due to catastrophe, in order to have all the necessary resources" to fight the fires.

#UPDATE Chilean firefighters are battling rapidly expanding wildfires that officials fear have claimed around 10 lives and are threatening hundreds of homes, prompting the president to declare a state of emergency. u.afp.com/5pLc

@AFP Scary Video here Wildfires kill at least 10 people in central Chile rumble.com/v4b1kpx-wildfi…