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Chile Fire: Amazing Photos Show Scale of Devastating Valparaiso Blaze
International Business Times ^
| April 14, 2014 10:15 GMT
| David Sim
Posted on 04/14/2014 3:10:27 AM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
Firefighters battled deadly forest fires in Valparaiso, Chile for a second night after coastal winds whipped up the flames again.
At least 12 people were killed and 500 injured as the blaze swept through the hills above the city, destroying 2,000 homes and forcing 10,000 people to flee.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chile; fire; valparaiso
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04/14/2014 3:45:41 AM PDT
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To: Up Yours Marxists
the blaze swept through the hills above the city, destroying 2,000 homes......
Correct that to say “2,000 shacks.”
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04/14/2014 3:47:09 AM PDT
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DH
(Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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04/14/2014 3:47:23 AM PDT
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caww
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You said it right the first time....they were there “Homes”
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04/14/2014 3:57:28 AM PDT
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Devastating.
Fire goes through these wooden dwellings at breakneck speed.
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04/14/2014 4:00:31 AM PDT
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Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
To: caww
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04/14/2014 4:02:13 AM PDT
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caww
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Yes...terrible destruction...many lost everything....but to even see your city on fire like that would be horrible.
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Just wait until the rainy season (winter) comes at the end of next month and everything slides and buries everything below what has been burned out.
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Sad situation all around for the people who have lost what they had. Any further destruction., as you mentioned, will certainly bring further distress.
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