Published on 12:00 AM, January 27, 2017

Six people killed by Chile wildfires

Six people -- among them four firefighters and two police -- have now been killed battling vast forest fires in central Chile, officials said Wednesday. "I can now say officially that there are two more fatalities -- two Chilean police who were found in the Maule River," said Interior Minister Mario Fernandez, raising the total death toll to six. Earlier in the day a firefighter died after getting stuck while trying to help a family escape from their home near the city of Constitucion.