Army may fight Amazon fires: Bolsonaro

Updated August 23 2019 - 11:53pm, first published 11:51pm
Smoke is hanging over several Brazilian cities as fires burn out of control in the Amazon.
Smoke is hanging over several Brazilian cities as fires burn out of control in the Amazon.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro says the army may be enlisted to help combat fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest, as calls mount for tough action to quell the unfolding crisis.

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