FILE PHOTO: A tree burns in a deforested area in Jamanxim National Forest, in the Amazon near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The number of fires in the Amazon rainforest grew 30.5% in 2019 from the previous year, according to data released by space research agency INPE on Wednesday.
According to INPE, the number of fires detected in the Amazon region was 89,178 in 2019 compared with 68,345 fires in 2018. Although the number of fires rose, it was still below the historic average of 109,630 fires in the Amazon each year.
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