Drone footage shows massive wildfire ravaging Brazil's capital forest

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The scale of a massive wildfire that has been raging for two consecutive days and destroyed 20% of a forest outside the Brazilian capital, was captured by drone footage.The blaze has been cloaking the city in clouds of smoke. According to local officials, the fire may have been started by arsonists.The National Forest of Brasilia, a conservation area that sprawls over 5,600 hectares of woodland, safeguards the springs that supply 70% of the city&#39;s freshwater. The fire broke out at the peak of the dry season when vegetation is parched and high temperatures allow flames to spread fast.Firefighters have scrambled to put out the wildfire and managed to reduce its extent.The forest was cut in size by almost half in 2022 to give way to urban development by the government of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, who reduced environmental controls and allowed deforestation to surge in the Amazon rainforest.Last year&#39;s rains came late and were weaker than usual because a weather pattern, known as El Nino, was supercharged by climate change, leaving the rainforest especially vulnerable to this year&#39;s fires. - Report from Reuters

The forest was cut in size by almost half in 2022 to give way to urban development by the government of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, who reduced environmental controls and allowed deforestation to surge in the Amazon rainforest.Last year&#39;s rains came late and were weaker than usual because a weather pattern, known as El Nino, was supercharged by climate change, leaving the rainforest especially vulnerable to this year&#39;s fires. - Report from Reuters

The National Forest of Brasilia, a conservation area that sprawls over 5,600 hectares of woodland, safeguards the springs that supply 70% of the city&#39;s freshwater. The fire broke out at the peak of the dry season when vegetation is parched and high temperatures allow flames to spread fast.Firefighters have scrambled to put out the wildfire and managed to reduce its extent.

The scale of a massive wildfire that has been raging for two consecutive days and destroyed 20% of a forest outside the Brazilian capital, was captured by drone footage.The blaze has been cloaking the city in clouds of smoke. According to local officials, the fire may have been started by arsonists.

The scale of a massive wildfire that has been raging for two consecutive days and destroyed 20% of a forest outside the Brazilian capital, was captured by drone footage.

The scale of a massive wildfire that has been raging for two consecutive days and destroyed 20% of a forest outside the Brazilian capital, was captured by drone footage.

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Drone footage shows massive wildfire ravaging Brazil's capital forest

Drone footage shows massive wildfire ravaging Brazil's capital forest