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Residents battle fires that threaten Amazon rainforest

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Residents in Brazil's Porto Velho city were battling blazes spreading in the dry brush, as Brazilian firefighters arrived at the remote jungle location to fight the fires that continue to plague the South American nation and threaten the world's largest rainforest: the Amazon.
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