Fires raging in Brazil's Amazon rainforest

By By Jake Spring
Updated August 25 2019 - 8:53am, first published 8:48am
Brazil is sending 44,000 soldiers and two water-bombing aircraft to battle wildfires in the Amazon.
Brazil is sending 44,000 soldiers and two water-bombing aircraft to battle wildfires in the Amazon.

Six states in Brazil's Amazon region have requested military help to combat record fires that are tearing through the rainforest, provoking an international outcry because of the Amazon's central role in combating global warming.

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