Chile's latest wildfire burns 20 homes

STORY: Chile's latest wildfire burns 20 homes SHOOTING TIME: March 14, 2024 DATELINE: March 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:00 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenes of firefighting 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): GABRIEL BORIC, President of Chile 3. various of scenes of the house remaining after the fire STORYLINE: Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Thursday said the latest wildfire in the fire-ravaged central Valparaiso region burnt 20 homes on Wednesday night, but fortunately it claimed no lives. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): GABRIEL BORIC, President of Chile "Thanks to the rapid deployment of firefighters, along with the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf), all the fires that we saw yesterday in the region of Valparaiso have been contained." While at least 20 homes were affected, he said, there were no injuries or fatalities in the fires that burnt about 2.5 hectares of land at Cerro Cordillera in Valparaiso, located one hour from the capital Santiago. "At this moment, work is being carried

Chile: New Forest Fire Prompts Evacuation, Burns Homes In Valparaiso

Evacuation was ordered for residents of Cerro Cordillera and Cerro Alegre and at least 10 homes were burned as a forest fire spread in Valparaiso on Wednesday evening, March 13.

Threats against leftist candidate taken "seriously": Colombian president

STORY: Threats against leftist candidate taken "seriously": Colombian president DATELINE: May 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Bogota CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro STORYLINE: Colombian President Ivan Duque on Tuesday condemned alleged death threats made by a criminal group against leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, saying his administration takes such threats "seriously." Petro's campaign team on Monday denounced the criminal ring "La Cordillera," which is comprised of paramilitaries, for planning an attack against the candidate in central-west Colombia's so-called Coffee Triangle, forcing the candidate to cancel campaigning there. Petro's security team had "received first-hand information from sources in the area" that La Cordillera was planning to assassinate the candidate, his campaign team said. Colombian Interior Minister Daniel Palacios said Monday the authorities were not aware of any threats against Petro, the ca