Residents return after fleeing Chile port city inferno

[WorldNews]

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Valparaíso (Chile) (AFP) - Thousands of residents of Valparaiso began returning to their homes on Saturday, hours after fleeing a still-smoldering forest fire that threatened the treasured Chilean seaport city, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Most of the 7,000 people who had been evacuated after Chile declared a state of emergency Friday were permitted to return home, after the fire's "marginal" nighttime spread, according to one official. Meanwhile, a 67-year-old woman died from a heart attack, authorities said, after the national emergency office declared a red alert for Valparaiso and the neighboring city of Vina del Mar.

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