### [2026-10-11](/feed/2026/10/11/index.md) ##### Valparaíso # One person is killed and around 19 others are injured, including four critically, when a passenger bus plunges down a slope and crashes into a residential complex in Valparaíso, Chile. ### Sources: 1. [Teletrece'' in Spanish](https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/accidente-bus-valparaiso-actualizan-estado-salud-pasajeros-11-10-2026) ### Related: 1. [The Atacama Desert in Chile reports blossoms of flowers amidst the ongoing El Nino event in the Pacific. ](/feed/2026/09/23/the-atacama-desert-in-chile-reports-blossoms-of-flowers-amidst-the-ongoing-el-nino-event-in-the-pacific.md) _Context: Chile_ 2. [Six people are killed and seven others are injured when a driver loses control near a street festival in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile. The driver is detained and will undergo alcohol testing. ](/feed/2026/07/12/six-people-are-killed-and-seven-others-are-injured-when-a-driver-loses-control-near-a-street-festival-in-vina-del-mar-v.md) _Context: Chile_ 3. [One person is killed and four others are injured in a mass stabbing at a school in Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile. ](/feed/2026/03/27/one-person-is-killed-and-four-others-are-injured-in-a-mass-stabbing-at-a-school-in-calama-antofagasta-region-chile.md) _Context: Chile_ 4. [The death toll from the explosion of a truck on a highway in Santiago, Chile, on February 19, rises to 12. Nine people remain hospitalized, including five in critical condition. ](/feed/2026/02/25/the-death-toll-from-the-explosion-of-a-truck-on-a-highway-in-santiago-chile-on-february-19-rises-to-12-nine-people-r.md) _Context: Chile_ 5. [Much of the city of Penco is destroyed as wildfires continue to spread across Chile with the death toll rising to nineteen. ](/feed/2026/01/19/much-of-the-city-of-penco-is-destroyed-as-wildfires-continue-to-spread-across-chile-with-the-death-toll-rising-to-ninete.md) _Context: Chile_ 6. [Five tourists are killed in a blizzard in Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia, where military and police rescue four others and continue search and rescue operations. ](/feed/2025/11/17/five-tourists-are-killed-in-a-blizzard-in-torres-del-paine-national-park-in-chilean-patagonia-where-military-and-police.md) _Context: Chile_ 7. [The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile releases the first light images from its new 8.4-meter (28 ft) telescope. ](/feed/2025/06/23/the-vera-c-rubin-observatory-in-chile-releases-the-first-light-images-from-its-new-84-meter-28-ft-telescope.md) _Context: Chile_ 8. [Chile signs an agreement with Google to build the first submarine fiber-optic cable connecting between South America and Australia. Google invested at least $300 million while the Chilean government will invest $25 million. ](/feed/2025/06/4/chile-signs-an-agreement-with-google-to-build-the-first-submarine-fiber-optic-cable-connecting-between-south-america-and.md) _Context: Chile_ 9. [Six people are reportedly killed when a Piper PA-31T Cheyenne air ambulance crashes between Tiltil and Curacaví in Chile. ](/feed/2025/05/8/six-people-are-reportedly-killed-when-a-piper-pa-31t-cheyenne-air-ambulance-crashes-between-tiltil-and-curacavi-in-chile.md) _Context: Chile_