Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state ...
BRASILIA/PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest.
The dozen or so yellow clad firefighters from environmental enforcement agency Ibama easily cleared brush from around a burning stump with a leaf blower, doused it with jets connected to water packs mounted on their backs and covered it in earth. Nearly 80,000 fires have been registered across Brazil through Aug. 24, the highest since at least 2013, according to space research agency INPE.
Military personnel around Porto Velho appeared to be largely coordinating firefighting efforts, according to a Reuters witness.
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