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Brazil blames human action for the fires sweeping the Amazon

MercoPress

Published 13 Oct 2026, 5:29 pm·2 h ago·1 min read

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The Brazilian government has blamed deliberate human action for the wave of fires in Amazonas state, where 540 new hotspots were recorded in 48 hours, more than half of those detected in the whole of October 2025, according to the National Institute for Space Research. The situation has led to a state of emergency in 36 municipalities.

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