The number of dead eight in the middle of the crisis and violence in Chile

"Unfortunately, they found five bodies inside the factory, product of this fire, "he said. Mercury the second commander of the fire department of Santiago, Diego Velásquez.

"Neighbors said it could have been intentional", acknowledged the origin of the incident and revealed that "is a hypothesis under study".

supermarket chili incidents

In the morning of Sunday, the mayor of Santiago Metropolitan Region, Karla Rubilar, announced that three people were found dead at dawn as a result of supermarket fire in the municipality of San Bernardo, south of the capital.

Firefighters found instead two burned corpses and another seriously injured person were taken to hospital where he died soon after.

In addition, several reports have reported more than 200 wounded and, according to the Minister of the Interior, Andrés Chadwick, 960 people were arrested today for riots as part of protests this weekend. end in Chile.