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Pinera issues warning in Chile fires

2012-01-03 3 Dailymotion

PLEASE NOTE: EDITS CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> Dozens of fires raging across southern Chile since last week have destroyed over 100 homes and killed one elderly man.<br/> Over 10,000 hectares have been destroyed mostly in the Bio Bio region.<br/> A 23 year old Israeli tourist, Rotem Zinger was arrested on Saturday suspected of accidentally starting a fire in Torres del Paine National Park.<br/> Police said he had admitted to starting an illegal bonfire.<br/> The country's president toured an affected area and issued a strong warning, as the search for other suspects continued.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CHILEAN PRESIDENT SEBASTIAN PINERA SAYING:<br/> "I want to assure the people who are so bad, so perverse that they do not shake before anything and who voluntarily started these fires and caused all this damage: we are going to prosecute you with all the force of the world and apply all the weight of the law."<br/> Over 500 firefighters from Chile and Argentina are battling to control the blazes.<br/> Marie-Claire Fennessy, Reuters

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