Amazon rainforest fire - Mr Bolsonaro said “season of the queimada” “I used to be called Captain Chainsaw. Now I am Nero, setting the Amazon aflame.”

Mr Bolsonaro said he disagrees with the latest data presented, saying it was the “season of the queimada”, when farmers use fire to clear land.

He said: “I used to be called Captain Chainsaw. Now I am Nero, setting the Amazon aflame.”

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1168299/amazon-rainforest-fire-how-did-amazon-fires-start-cause-deforestation-how-long-fire