Chile battles devastating wildfires: `We have never seen anything on this scale`

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?We have never seen anything on this scale, never in the history of Chile. The world?s biggest aerial firefighting aircraft has joined beleaguered firefighters in Chile as they battle the worst wildfires in the country?s recent history, which have devastated swaths of land. The agency noted that forest fires are a regular phenomenon in Chile, but have been more frequent in recent years. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Firefighters working amid the remains of buildings destroyed by a fire in Cauquenes, Chile. Firefighters have taken to the airwaves to appeal for planes to help combat the fire in remote regions.