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Brazil: Smoke hampers firefighting efforts in Amazon rainforest01:23
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Smoke coming from wildfires hampered efforts to tackle the blaze in the Jamari National Forest on Saturday. Aerial footage shows the extent of the destruction caused by the fires and huge clouds of smoke.

Fires in the Jamari National Forest in the western part of the Amazon basin were detected two days ago. Low visibility has so far prevented firefighting planes from approaching the affected areas.

Brazil: Smoke hampers firefighting efforts in Amazon rainforest

Brazil, Jamari National Forest
August 25, 2019 at 02:05 GMT +00:00 · Published

Smoke coming from wildfires hampered efforts to tackle the blaze in the Jamari National Forest on Saturday. Aerial footage shows the extent of the destruction caused by the fires and huge clouds of smoke.

Fires in the Jamari National Forest in the western part of the Amazon basin were detected two days ago. Low visibility has so far prevented firefighting planes from approaching the affected areas.

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Smoke coming from wildfires hampered efforts to tackle the blaze in the Jamari National Forest on Saturday. Aerial footage shows the extent of the destruction caused by the fires and huge clouds of smoke.

Fires in the Jamari National Forest in the western part of the Amazon basin were detected two days ago. Low visibility has so far prevented firefighting planes from approaching the affected areas.

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