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Chile says part of big forest fire contained

Chile's government says firefighters are making progress against a major blaze in one of the nation's most important national parks.

 

Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter says three of the six areas of the fire at the Torres del Paine park in far-southern Chile have been controlled by Sunday. The blaze has burned more 48 square miles (12,500 hectares) since starting Tuesday. (AP)

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.01.12, 21:41