Volunteer firefighter accused of causing fire that killed 137 people

A resident flees an encroaching forest fire in Vina del Mar, Chile (Esteban Felix, AP File)

A Chilean judge on Saturday ordered the detention of a volunteer firefighter and a former forestry official for allegedly planning and causing a mammoth forest fire in the Valparaiso region.

The fire caused 137 deaths and made 16,000 people homeless in February.