This is not the first time Valparaíso residents have had to deal with dangerous fires. In 2014, 13 people were killed in a much larger fire, and 2,000 homes were destroyed. A national drought led to an increase in small forest fires in the last year, leading the city’s mayor to call for help from central government: ‘It can’t always be the most outcast parts of Valparaíso that deal with these fires,’ Jorge Sharp, said in televised remarks.