Large-scale forest fires have already covered more than 8.3 thousand hectares in

Chile .

According to the preliminary information of the law enforcement officers, at least five victims were recorded.

Xinhua writes about this with reference to the words of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Chile, Carolina Tohi.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, Karolina Toha, said that the four dead were local residents who did not manage to escape.

One firefighter also died.

"The minister said that 151 forest fires are raging in Chile, 65 have already been brought under control, and 39 have been extinguished," the agency writes.

It should be noted that on February 3, President Gabriel Borych declared a state of emergency in the most affected regions of Biobio and Nuble.

Let's guess,

on January 28, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 occurred in the northwestern part of Iran

.

The epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km southeast of the city of Khoi with a population of 175,000.

According to preliminary estimates, the earthquake caused damage to two cities and more than 70 villages in West Azerbaijan province. 

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