Death toll tops 100 in massive wildfires in Chile

Santiago, Chile — Firefighters wrestled Sunday with massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the blazes and said at least 112 people had been killed.

The Interior Ministry said late Sunday there were 40 blazes still burning around the country, Agence-France Presse reported.

The fires burned with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where a famous botanical garden founded in 1931 was destroyed by the flames Sunday. At least 1,600 people were left without homes.