There is no suggestion the timing of the sale was intended to capitalize on the disaster, according to The Independent.
Dramatic images and videos on social media show giant plumes of smoke rising from trees, and lines of fire leaving blackened waste. The smoke has reached all the way to the city Sao Paolo — more than 1,700 miles away. Images from the city show the sky pitch black in the middle of the afternoon, blanketed by smoke and ash.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday the “acute emergency” belonged on the agenda, agreeing with French President Emmanuel Macron’s earlier rallying cry.
“Our house is burning,” he tweeted on Thursday.
Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has dismissed the severity of the situation arguing that it was the season of the “queimada,” when farmers burn land to clear it before planting. But Inpe has noted that the number of fires is not in line with those normally reported during the dry season.
