Amazon forest fires: ‘Unprecedented’ army operation as 44,000 troops tackle blaze

BRAZIL’S Amazon rainforest continues to be savaged by raging wildfires and the severity of the blazes has prompted the country’s President to mobilise the army to help combat the flames.

Hundreds of new fires continue to decimate Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest tropical forest that spans a huge 5.5 million km2. Some 1,663 new fires were ignited between Thursday and Friday, according to data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research . The raging inferno has prompted an outcry worldwide, as hundreds condemned Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro handling of the crisis and European leaders threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America.

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