The figures show an 83 percent increase in Amazon rainforest fires compared to the same period in 2018
Two weeks ago, the state of Amazonas in the northwest of the country declared a state of emergency in response to an increase in the number of fires there.
"The smoke did not come from fires from the state of São Paulo, but from very dense and wide fires that have been going on for several days in Rondônia and Bolivia. The cold front changed the direction of the winds and transported this smoke to São Paulo," Josélia Pegorim, a meteorologist from Climatempo,."Here in the Greater São Paulo region we had the combination of this excess humidity with the smoke, so it gave this appearance in the sky.
President Bolsonaro dismissed a question regarding the spread of the fires in the Amazon at a press conference saying,"I used to be called Captain Chainsaw. Now I am Nero, setting the Amazon aflame. But it is the season of the queimada," referencing the time of year when farmers use fire to clear land.
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