fire brigades are battling unusually early and intense blazes in the Brazilian Amazon the Wildfire season here got off to its worst start in 20 years according to government data following a record-breaking drought aggravated by global warming fires raging across the Amazon including in the town of AI often start on cattle ranches where locals are converting the jungle into pasture but this year is differ extremely dry conditions have made it easier for blazes to advance into the rainforest which rarely Burns under normal conditions so far this year the area burned in the Brazilian Amazon has nearly
doubled compared to the same period last year firefighters say the town of a is a Tinder Box after more than a month without any rain and it's likely to get worse fires in the Amazon typically peak in August and September before seasonal rains arrive
