Forest fires in Chile of 2023

When

30 Jan 2023

Kind

Wildfire

Coordinates

35.00° S, 72.00° W

Description

series of serious forest fires that affect the central-southern zone of Chile during February 2023

Deaths

26

Injured

2180

Cause

heat wave

Starting on 30 January 2023, a series of wildfires began in the South American country of Chile. By early February, the fires had developed into a large outbreak of at least 406 individual fires, several dozen of which were classified as "red alert fires".

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ab 31. Januar: Waldbrände in Chile”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Una serie de incendios forestales ocurren en el sur de Chile, consumiendo cientos de hectáreas en tres regiones del país, y matando a 23 personas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page