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While the conditions have existed in South America before, the frequency at which the fire-risk days are happening today "cannot be compared what used to be normal in the 80s," Cordero said.

South America has been hit by a series of heatwaves since last year. "We never had winter," said Karla Longo, an air quality researcher at Inpe, of the weather in Sao Paulo in recent months.