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Brazil's Amazon records worst day for forest fires in 15 years

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Satellite monitoring detected 3,358 fires on Monday, August 22 , the highest number for any 24-hour period since September 2007 .

The number was nearly triple that recorded on the so-called " Day of Fire " August 10, 2019 when farmers launched a coordinated plan to burn huge amounts of felled rainforest in the northern state of Para .

President Jair Bolsonaro faces international criticism for a surge in Amazon destruction on his watch.

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