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Firefighter commander dies during forest fire in Litueche
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The commander of the Litueche Fire Department, Luis Antonio Becerra Pino, died on Monday while fighting a forest fire in the commune in Chile's O’Higgins Region. The blaze, which started around 2 p.m. in the Santa Mónica sector, has burned at least 50 hectares according to preliminary reports. Authorities and political leaders have expressed condolences and declared official mourning in the region.