Amazon burning: Brazil reports record forest fires with 72,843 fires detected so far | World News, The Indian Express

Amazon burning: Brazil reports record forest fires with 72,843 fires detected so far | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Updated: August 21, 2019 9:40:05 am

Amazon burning: Brazil reports record forest fires with 72,843 fires detected so far

Since Thursday, satellite images spotted 9,507 new forest fires in the country, mostly in the Amazon basin, home to the world's largest tropical forest seen as vital to countering global warming.

A tract of Amazon jungle is seen burning as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil (REUTERS/Bruno Kelly)

Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil’s space research center INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s environmental policy.