Fires more numerous in Brazil’s Cerrado region than Amazon

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fires are now more numerous in Brazil’s Cerrado region, a vast tropical savanna, than in the Amazon rainforest, data published Wednesday by the National Institute for Space Research show.
The government’s monitoring agency reported 8,012 fires in the Cerrado region and 7,457 fires in the Amazon region in the first 10 days of September.
The Cerrado is always hot and dry at this time of the year, and fire is often used by farmers to clear land and pastures.