SAO PAULO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The number of forest fire outbreaks in Brazil's southeast state of Sao Paulo jumped 109 percent so far this year compared to last year, local media reported on Wednesday.
According to data from the National Institute for Space Research, the year of 2020 has seen 4,214 fire outbreaks so far in Sao Paulo, the most populated and industrialized state in the South American country, compared to 2,015 in 2019.
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