{"id":288596,"date":"2017-01-27T06:40:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T06:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=288596"},"modified":"2017-01-27T06:40:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T06:40:36","slug":"chiles-worst-wildfire-destroys-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=288596","title":{"rendered":"Chile&#8217;s worst wildfire destroys town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">More international help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight the worst wildfire in the country&#8217;s modern history.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has sent a super-tanker aircraft capable of carrying tons of water to douse the fires.<\/p>\n<p>The series of fast-spreading fires mostly in Chile&#8217;s central region, are being fanned by strong winds, high temperatures and a prolonged drought.<\/p>\n<p>One town, Santa Olga, has been completely destroyed by the blaze.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/13C89\/production\/_93833018_ba862c34-e707-47a2-8a96-2449622cb3ee.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Olga, 240 kilometres south of Santiago, on January 26, 2017\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/16399\/production\/_93833019_c2472dd4-32e4-4cac-bbef-89265c596482.jpg\" alt=\"A woman takes a break while working to clean up the debris after a forest fire devastated Santa Olga, 240 kilometres south of Santiago, on January 26, 2017.\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/07F1\/production\/_93833020_beece0d1-7fad-4aae-b85a-b8d5ce84a7f3.jpg\" alt=\"People leave San Ramon in a car taking their horse by the reins after a forest fire devastated the nearby town of Santa Olga\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People took their animals with them as the fire spread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/2F01\/production\/_93833021_e9069464-a8a5-46f0-9b8c-4cbbe05a4e76.jpg\" alt=\"A young couple rest in a football field after a forest fire devastated Santa Olga, 26 January 2017\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many people were left homeless and in despair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/7D21\/production\/_93833023_4a544670-b20d-411c-8ded-5bfe2c950340.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter mourns in the coastal resort of Llico, 26 January 2017\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters have been mourning the deaths of five of their colleagues who died helping people move out of danger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More international help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight the worst wildfire in the country&#8217;s modern history. Russia has sent a super-tanker aircraft capable of carrying tons of water to douse the fires. The series of fast-spreading fires mostly in Chile&#8217;s central region, are being fanned by strong winds, high temperatures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[3494,3495],"class_list":["post-288596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-chile-fire","tag-wild-fire-in-chile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=288596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=288596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=288596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=288596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}