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Chile accuses volunteer firefighter and ex-forestry official with causing huge fire that killed 137

Headline from WDIO Duluth, on the newest of 2 developments

A Chilean judge has ordered a volunteer firefighter and a former forestry official detained for allegedly planning and causing a mammoth forest fire that caused 137 deaths and made 16,000 people homeless in February.

WDIO Duluth's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

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2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Chile firefighter accused in February blaze that killed 137

    Headline from Digital Journal ·

  2. Newest

    Chile accuses volunteer firefighter and ex-forestry official with causing huge fire that killed 137

    Headline from WDIO Duluth ·

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9 articles, oldest first.

  1. Al Jazeera

    Chilean firefighter arrested for allegedly starting blaze that killed 137 (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    A firefighter and a forest official held on suspicion of starting a fire that killed 137 people in Vina del Mar city.

  2. Digital Journal

    Chile firefighter accused in February blaze that killed 137 (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A firefighter was arrested Friday in Chile on suspicion of starting a blaze in February that killed 137 people in the resort city of Vina del Mar,

  3. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Chile firefighter, forest official linked to wildfires that killed 130 (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

    Published

    Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description

    (Reuters) — A volunteer firefighter and a Chilean forestry official have been formally accused by prosecutors with involvement in setting wildfires that engulfed central Chile this past February, killing over 130 people.

  4. WDIO Duluth

    Chile accuses volunteer firefighter and ex-forestry official with causing huge fire that killed 137 (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    A Chilean judge has ordered a volunteer firefighter and a former forestry official detained for allegedly planning and causing a mammoth forest fire that caused 137 deaths and made 16,000 people homeless in February.

  5. Voice of America

    Chile accuses volunteer firefighter, ex-forestry official with causing blaze that killed 137 (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Fire left 16,000 homeless

  6. Green Field Reporter

    Chile accuses volunteer firefighter and ex-forestry official with causing huge fire that killed 137 - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean judge on Saturday ordered a volunteer firefighter and a former forestry official detained for allegedly planning and causing a mammoth forest fire in the Valparaiso region that caused 137 deaths and made 16,000 people homeless in February.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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