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Number of forest fires almost doubles

August 21, 2019 Reprints

A report by Brazil's space research institute found that the number of fires in the country's Amazon rainforests had grown 82% year over year to 71,497 incidents in the first eight months of this year, Menafn.com reported. Alberto Setzer, a researcher at the institute, said that the fires occurred due to human activity and prolonged drought in central Brazil.

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