Million hectares lost in Bolivia fires as Amazon continues to burn

in news •  5 years ago 

The world has focused on Brazil but neighbouring Bolivia is also under threat from rapidly spreading fires.

Fires have ripped through at least a million hectares - approximately 3,800 square miles - in Bolivia.

While the world's attention has been focused on the destruction to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, neighbouring Bolivia is struggling with fires raging through the Robore region.

The fires have doubled in size since Thursday, destroying villages and vast tropical forests near Bolivia's borders with Paraguay and Brazil.

Two months ahead of election day, Bolivia's President Evo Morales has put his re-election campaign on hold for at least a week so he can focus on the situation.

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