The military arrived in the Amazon | Bolsonaro the …

A day after the announcement of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, calling on the beloved forces to act, 44,000 soldiers began firefighting operations in the Amazon region. Operations began in Rondonia (north), one of six states out of the nine that the Amazon has and which has asked the federal government to send troops. In the past two days, 1,663 fires have been reported, including more than half in the Amazon, according to official data reported today by the National Institute of Space Research (INPE).

At first, the 44,000 men in the area will move to action, so it will not be necessary to move troops from other parts of the country, said the Brazilian Ministry of Defense, Azevedo e Silva . "Everything will depend on the mission and the place, but we can quickly make a strategic and effective concentration," he said at a press conference in Brasilia.

Lieutenant-Brigadier Raúl Botelho said that two aircraft with a capacity of 12,000 liters of water are used in specific actions in the state of Rondonia. In addition, a helicopter, four planes and about thirty volunteer firefighters were moved to the Amazon region this morning. Defense
still waiting for 28 million reais (around 7 million
millions of dollars) for emergencies, but which are
blocked by the federal government.