Death toll from Chile forest fire rises to 16

Updated: 2014-04-14 07:11

(Xinhua)

Death toll from Chile forest fire rises to 16

A plane drops water on an area where a forest fire burned several neighbourhoods in the hills in Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago, April 13, 2014. At least 11 people were killed and 500 houses destroyed over the weekend by the fire that devastated parts of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated thousands and sent in aircraft to battle the blaze. [Photo/Agencies]