Firefighters in Chile are battling forest fires that started on Sunday, killing at least 19 people and leaving around 1,500 homeless SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Firefighters in Chile are battling forest fi...

Satellite imagery shows the scale of the damage caused by wildfires that have broken out in southern Chile - killing at least 19 people

Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, declared a state of catastrophe in the country’s central Biobío region and the neighbouring Ñuble region, about 500km (300 miles) south of Santiago, the capital.