Brazil ramps up fight on Amazon fires, new blazes ignite
A view of the burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Abuna, Rondonia State, Brazil, on August 24, 2019 (photo by AFP)/ Brazil on Sunday deployed two Hercules C-130 aircraft to douse fires devouring parts of the Amazon rainforest, as hundreds of new blazes were ignited ahead of nationwide protests over the destruction. Heavy smoke covered the city of Porto Velho in the northwestern state of Rondonia where the defense ministry said the planes have started dumping thousands of liters of water, amid a global uproar over the worst fires in ...
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