Chile wildfire death toll jumps to 99: state morgue
- Americas
- AFP
- Published Date: 12:07 | 05 February 2024
- Modified Date: 12:07 | 05 February 2024
The confirmed death toll from wildfires raging in central Chile has climbed to 99, the national organization in charge of managing victims' bodies said Sunday.
The Legal Medical Service (SML) "has taken in a total of 99 people; 32 of them identified," the organization said Sunday afternoon, updating a toll of 64 dead given earlier in the day by President Gabriel Boric.
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