Fires in Santarém Grow 233% Before the Amazon Summer

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Firefighters attending the occurrences of burns in Santarém Playing TV Tapajós The significant increase in fires in vegetation before the beginning of the Amazon summer lit the alert of the authorities in Santarém, in western Pará. Data from the Fire Department show that, between January and July of this year, 30 fires were recorded in areas of vegetation, number 233.3% higher than that counted in the same period last year, when there were only …