Chilean officials say Israeli tourist admitted to negligence

Chilean officials say they have detained an Israeli tourist suspected of causing a forest fire that has burned more than 42 square miles (11,000 hectares) in the Torres de Paine national park.

Police say the 23-year-old man has acknowledged a part in negligently allowing the fire to start. Hundreds of firefighters are fighting the blaze in far-southern Chile. Authorities evacuated 400 tourists, most of them foreigners. (AP)