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“We were trapped in all the smoke”: Witness describes Hotel Alto Nevados fire

From BioBioChile · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • A major fire destroyed Hotel Alto Nevados in Chillán, Chile, and damaged other facilities at the tourist complex.
  • About 150 people evacuated, while a witness described being trapped by smoke.

“We were trapped in all the smoke,” a witness said while describing the fire that consumed Hotel Alto Nevados in Chillán, in Chile’s Ñuble Region.

The blaze caused the total loss of the hotel and damaged other nearby buildings within the tourist complex. Around 150 people evacuated.

We were trapped in all the smoke.

· WitnessThe witness described the conditions during the fire at Hotel Alto Nevados.
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Originally published by BioBioChile in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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