The disaster left everyone
in shock and the climate in
an even worse state than
before. Not only has this
brought along terror for the
areas surrounding but the
entire world.
Acres of lands and forest
now stand in ashes.
Indigenous tribes and
thousands of animals
have lost their lives in the
disastrous fires. The fire has
been constantly affecting the
forest and the area around
since the past month forcing
Brazil to declare a state of
emergency to ensure that
the people are safe from
the harmful smoke and
to mitigate the rampant
spreading of the fire.
The fire has been a constant
threat to all the indigenous
tribes and millions of animals
who resided around in the
forest.
European Space Agency
astronaut suggested saying
that the smoke from the fire
is so widespread that it looks
like clouds in some of the
captured pictures.
The common people across
the world were alerted about
the condition when several
hashtags started trending
on the various social media
platforms bringing the
condition to the limelight.
Several people from Brazil
and across the world have
gone around protesting for
this condition and putting
a stop to the condition for
better recovery.
What was the reason
behind the fires?
When it comes round to
the forest fires, it is tough
to pinpoint one single
reason behind the same. Even
though the Amazon rainforest
is typically wet and humid
almost all throughout the year,
the same experiences a dry
patch from the month of July till
August.
Those months are the ones
attributed to the region’s driest
months, making it a possible
reason behind the condition
of the spiked “activity”,
especially during the month
of September. Additionally,
human made fires are often an
option because that is used to
clear out patches in the forest
for farming and such.
Jair Bolsonaro, the president of
Brazil suggested before saying
that the fires could have been
initiated by some of the non-
governmental organization to
induce funding cuts. He later
went on to deny having said
According to some of the
issued reports by CNN, it
suggests that the rate of
fires in Brazil is the highest
since the year of 2013 and
has climbed up by 85% just
from the past year itself.
The Brazil Space Research
Centre has reported the
advent of more than 80,000
fires in just this year itself.
The intensity of the fire is
so much that the smoke
is visible from space.
Luca Parmitano, who is a
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