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A massive fire that broke out in the middle of the week in sugar plantations swept through more than 50,000 square meters of land in the Brazilian state of São Paulo and resulted in the deaths of two firefighters, according to authorities.
Brazilian media reported that the rapid spread of the fire was caused by strong winds and a dry spell in the region for four months..
Video footage circulated showed the sky of the state capital, the city of Sao Paulo, with a population of more than 11 million people, and the most populous city in Latin America, turning yellow on Friday evening..
Meteorologists attributed this to smoke from the fires sweeping into regions within the state and spreading to wider lands in the Amazon River region..
Authorities announced earlier that they had mobilized around 1,500 firefighters to tackle the latest blazes, after saying last month that more than half of the forest fires in northern Brazil had been extinguished or under control, but with the normal peak of the fire season i. September and October, there are fears that… The situation will worsen further.
Raw sugar futures prices have risen over the past three days due to reports that large areas of sugarcane plantations in Brazil have been burnt..
Source: Agencies
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2024-08-27 02:26:49