Firefighting planes arrive in Santarém to contain fire in western Pará

According to the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), the flights will prioritize the Moju 1 and 2 Settlement Projects (PA), in addition to the Chapadão Settlement, located between the municipalities of Prainha and Santarém.

On Monday (26), an integrated room begins to operate to coordinate the actions of Ibama, the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) and the Fire Department. The National Force and the Federal Police are also part of the operation to investigate the origin of the fires.

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change informed that it will send more brigade members to the state. The group is expected to disembark in Santarém this weekend, but the number of agents has not been disclosed.

Pará recorded more than 8,000 fires in October, according to data from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe). The situation is worrying in the west of the state, which is home to six of the ten municipalities with the highest number of fires in the last 24 hours.