01:00Bolivian authorities deployed a firefighting Boeing 747 'supertanker' plane to battle forest fires raging in the country's eastern Santa Cruz department on Friday.
Footage shows the plane flying over the smouldering countryside near the small town of Taperas as well as emergency services personnel in nearby Quitunuquina.
The 'supertanker' plane can reportedly carry over 74,000 litres of water or other flame retardant materials.
A record number of fires have been raging through the Amazon rainforest, the majority of which is located in Brazil but which also stretches into Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname.
Brazil's National Institute for Space Research has recorded nearly 73,000 fires since the beginning of 2019, an 84 percent jump compared to the same time last year.
Bolivia: Firefighting 'supertanker' plane deployed to battle Amazon fires
Bolivian authorities deployed a firefighting Boeing 747 'supertanker' plane to battle forest fires raging in the country's eastern Santa Cruz department on Friday.
Footage shows the plane flying over the smouldering countryside near the small town of Taperas as well as emergency services personnel in nearby Quitunuquina.
The 'supertanker' plane can reportedly carry over 74,000 litres of water or other flame retardant materials.
A record number of fires have been raging through the Amazon rainforest, the majority of which is located in Brazil but which also stretches into Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname.
Brazil's National Institute for Space Research has recorded nearly 73,000 fires since the beginning of 2019, an 84 percent jump compared to the same time last year.
Bolivian authorities deployed a firefighting Boeing 747 'supertanker' plane to battle forest fires raging in the country's eastern Santa Cruz department on Friday.
Footage shows the plane flying over the smouldering countryside near the small town of Taperas as well as emergency services personnel in nearby Quitunuquina.
The 'supertanker' plane can reportedly carry over 74,000 litres of water or other flame retardant materials.
A record number of fires have been raging through the Amazon rainforest, the majority of which is located in Brazil but which also stretches into Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname.
Brazil's National Institute for Space Research has recorded nearly 73,000 fires since the beginning of 2019, an 84 percent jump compared to the same time last year.