The Amazon, Siberia, Indonesia: A world of fire | World News, The Indian Express

The Amazon, Siberia, Indonesia: A world of fire | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Updated: August 30, 2019 8:51:28 am

The Amazon, Siberia, Indonesia: A world of fire

While the Brazilian fires have grown into a full-blown international crisis, they represent only one of many significant areas where wildfires are currently burning around the world.

In a photo from the Alaska Division of Forestry, the Rainbow 2 fire burns outside of Delta Junction, Alaska, June 29, 2019. The growing intensity of wildfires and their spread to new corners of the globe raises fears that climate change is exacerbating the dangers. (The New York Times)

(Written by Kendra Pierre-Louis)