Brazil's Worst Forest Fires

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‘It’s guerrilla warfare’: Brazil fire teams fight Amazon blazes – and the arsonists who start them

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For weeks now, forests and farms in the Amazon and across Brazil have been ablaze like seldom before thanks to a highly combustible cocktail of extreme drought affecting nearly 60% of the country.

The Guardian spent three days at the Rubber Soldier Ecological Station encampment near a logging outpost called Cujubim to witness government efforts to control the flames before they cause even more harm.

More than 120,000 wildfires have broken out since August , mostly in the Amazon .

Experts say a lack of rain associated with the natural climate phenomenon El Niño and searing temperatures during what is expected to be the world’s hottest year on record have turbo-charged the wildfires.

The overwhelming majority of the blazes were deliberately set, experts say.

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