Brazil: Wildfires continue to rage across Amazon rainforest

W/S Rainforest burning, Rondonia region
W/S Rainforest burning
W/S Rainforest burning and cloud of smoke
W/S Scorched rainforest
W/S Rainforest and smoke cloud
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Wildfires continue to burn across the Amazon rainforest in Brazil near the city of Porto Velho in the region of Rondonia.
Aerial footage filmed on Friday shows the blaze cutting a swathe through the rainforest, and huge plumes of smoke can be seen billowing from the fires and areas of rainforest burning out of control.
The recent wildfires have created a cloud of smoke so dense that the city of Sao Paolo was plunged into darkness for a period on Monday.
So far in 2019 nearly 73,000 fires have been recorded by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, an 84 percent increase as compared to the same period last year.