Efforts to control fires in the Rafael de Tome sector, Chile
epa10454708 A helicopter flies over the area where a fire broke out, in the town of Rafael, Tome commune, Biobio Region, Chile, 07 February 2023 (Issued 8 February 2023). The international brigade members who arrived from Spain and Mexico to support Chile began to deploy and act in the central region of Biobio, located about 500 kilometers south of the capital. More than 800 people have been left homeless in Chile due to forest fires that have been raging in central Chile for three days, with the flames still advancing from the hills towards the sea in the Biobio region. EPA/ESTEBAN PAREDES DRAKE