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The death toll from intense forest fires raging in central Chile has risen to 56 and is expected to keep climbing, Valparaíso regional Governor Rodrigo Mundac said on Sunday, as President Gabriel Boric travelled to the disaster zone and met with victims. “The most important thing now is to save lives and put out the fires,” Boric said, offering his support to victims at a hospital in the city of Viña del Mar. The number of dead and injured is expected to rise significantly, Interior Minister Carolina Tohá said. “We have a lot of preliminary and not yet officially confirmed information that ind…