January 1, 2012

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli tourist in Chile has been arrested and charged with starting a forest fire that has swept through a popular national park.

Some 27,000 acres of the Torres del Paine national park have burned in the last six days. The fire has not yet been brought under control.

More than 560 firefighters and military personnel from Chile and Argentina have been working to bring the fire under control.

Rotem Singer, 23, of Nes Tziona was arrested Saturday and charged with starting the fire. He was later released on bail but ordered to remain in the region for the next three months as the case is investigated.
 

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