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Chile wildfire aftermath: Residents get emotional as they look at the rubble of their homes 

Flames from one of Chile's worst wildfires completely consumed the town of Santa Olga as the death toll from the blazes since November rose to 10.
Juan Vega embraces his daughter where their home once stood after a wildfire in Santa Olga, Chile, Thursday. | AP
Juan Vega embraces his daughter where their home once stood after a wildfire in Santa Olga, Chile, Thursday. | AP
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Juan Vega holds a cigarette while looking out over the rubble of a home that was destroyed by a wildfire in Santa Olga, Chile, Thursday. | AP
Juan Vega holds a cigarette while looking out over the rubble of a home that was destroyed by a wildfire in Santa Olga, Chile, Thursday. | AP
The Vega Salinas family searches what's left of their fire-destroyed home in Santa Olga, Chile, Thursday. | AP
The Vega Salinas family searches what's left of their fire-destroyed home in Santa Olga, Chile, Thursday. | AP
Claudia Salinas picks up charred coins, which belong to her daughter, in what remains of their home destroyed by fire in Santa Olga, Chile, Thursday. | AP
Claudia Salinas picks up charred coins, which belong to her daughter, in what remains of their home destroyed by fire in Santa Olga, Chile, Thursday. | AP
A couple walks through a neighborhood destroyed by fire in Santa Olga, Chile, Thursday. | AP
A couple walks through a neighborhood destroyed by fire in Santa Olga, Chile, Thursday. | AP
Firefighters talk outside a home in a community threatened by a wildfire in Villa La Union, Chile, Thursday. | AP
Firefighters talk outside a home in a community threatened by a wildfire in Villa La Union, Chile, Thursday. | AP

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