The deadliest of the fires occurred in the region of Valparaíso, where 19 helicopters and more than 450 firefighters had been brought into the area to control the blazes, officials said.
Intense have left at least 19 people dead and destroyed about 1,100 homes, officials said Saturday.
Chile’s Interior Minister Carolina Tohá said there were currently 92 forest fires burning in the center and south of the country, where temperatures have been unusually high this week.
The deadliest of the fires were occurring in the where authorities urged people not to leave their homes so that fire engines, ambulances and other emergency vehicles can transit with greater ease.
Tohá did not offer any details about the 19 people killed.
She said that two fires near the towns of Quilpué and Villa Alemana had burnt through at least 8,000 hectares (19,770 acres) since Friday.
