What We Know About The Fire 'Pandemic' Plaguing Brazil

From the Amazon rainforest to the Pantanal wetlands, flames have consumed millions of hectares of forest and farmland in recent weeks. Nearly two-thirds of Latin America's biggest country is under smoke. While fueled by extreme drought, which the government says serves as "a demonstration of the gravity of climate change," many of the fires were set by "criminals," in the words of environment minister Marina Silva. Here is what we know about Brazil's "fire pandemic," as Supreme Court judge Flavio Dino has described the state of affairs. According to data...