8 Children Among 14 Killed In Immigrant Neighborhood Fire In Chile

Reports have been commissioned to establish the origin of the fire, which, according to preliminary information, was caused by a handmade stove in a house that only had one access point.

A fire in an informal immigrant neighborhood in the city of Coronel in southern Chile left 14 dead, most of them children, on Monday night, according to local authorities.

Hugo Cuevas, the chief prosecutor of Coronel, said the victims appear to be undocumented Venezuelan immigrants.

"This is information that is being worked on that we have to confirm," Cuevas said on the X social media platform.