Wildfire destroys 20% of Brasilia forest, arson suspected

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Wildfire destroys 20% of Brasilia forest, arson suspected

STORY: Firefighters near Brazil’s capital city managed to reduce a massive wildfire on Wednesday (September 04) that blazed for two days and destroyed 20% of a forest nearby that has cloaked the city in gray smoke.

Officials suspect that it may have been started by arsonists.

Firefighter Godoy has been putting out the flames:

“At this moment, we are trying to protect and control the area where the farms are located. This ***** started yesterday, and the wind is now pushing the ***** to the farms. The big problem is that roads like the one we are on are not able to contain the embers of 50 meters and 60 meters height, which is a big problem for the ***** department.”

The National Forest of Brasilia protects vital springs that provide 70% of the city’s freshwater, and is a conservation area that spans more than 21 square miles of woodland.

The ***** ignited during the dry season, allowing it to spread rapidly.

Firefighters struggled to contain it before it could spread to nearby orchards where farmers grow tomatoes and flowers – despite strong winds complicating their efforts.

The forest’s size was almost halved in 2022 to give way to urban development under former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who reduced environmental controls and allowed deforestation to surge in the

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rainforest.

This year, a record drought and the El Nino weather pattern have heightened ***** risks in the

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, with August seeing the most fires since 2010.

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