PORTO Velho, Brazil: Wildfires that eat up around 4,000 hectares of Amazon rainforests continue to worsen Saturday morning with indications that it can reach neighboring Peru.

The raging fires prompted President Jair Bolsonaro to authorize the deployment of Brazil’s armed forces to help combat fires raging in the rainforest, as a growing global outcry over the blazes sparks protests and threatens a huge trade deal.

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