Brazil: World’s largest wetland faces record wildfires

More than 10,000 fires have broken out across the Pantanal region since the start of September – three times as many as last year.

The fire season is a lot worse than usual in Brazil’s Pantanal region, with the world’s largest wetland burning at a record pace.

More than 10,000 fires have broken out across the Pantanal since the start of September – three times as many as last year.

Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon-Manley reports.