Fires devastate the Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world 2:02
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The Ministry of Justice of Brazil sent 40 firefighters from the National Public Security Force on Wednesday to collaborate in extinguishing fires in the Pantanal.
The measure meets the request of the governor of Mato Grosso, Mauro Mendes, and will be published in the Official Gazette of the Union.
According to a statement from the Ministry, the logistical support also includes the dispatch of ten vehicles, two minibuses and a helicopter.
The firefighters will fight the fire for 30 days, a period that can be extended.
Tens of thousands of fires in the Amazon are taking the region to a point where it will not be able to produce enough rain to sustain itself.
Fire wreaks havoc in Brazil 0:25
After four months of drought, the rains registered on Sunday (September 20) reduced the outbreaks of fires in Mato Grosso by 52%, according to the Integrated Multi-Agency Center for National Operational Coordination (Ciman), which compared that day with respect to Saturday.
So far this year, more than 15,000 fires have burned everything in their path in the Pantanal region, the largest wetland in the world.
Fires in Brazil
