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Helicopters drop water on Chilean city after fire destroys 150 homes | World news
Helicopters dropped water on the outskirts of the Chilean port city of Valparaíso to extinguish a fire that destroyed more than 150 homes on Wednesday. Dozens of people living in the city’s Rocuant and San Roque hills sifted through the ruins of their homes after the fire, fanned by strong winds, swept through their neighbourhoods …
Chilean Air Force plane crashes en route to Antarctica with 38 people aboard
A Chilean Air Force plane flying to Antarctica with 38 people on board crashed on Monday afternoon, officials said. The C130 Hercules, which took off from the city of Punta Arenas, was flying to President Eduardo Frei Montalva Antarctic Air Base when it disappeared, Chile’s Air Force said in a statement. The plane, which was …
