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recently, fires broke out in many cities in sao paulo, brazil, causing serious impact on the lives of local residents.reporterwe visited ozascu, a satellite city of são paulo in são paulo state. please read the report sent back by our reporter from the scene.

cgtn reporter shan jiming: behind me is a relatively large fire scene in sao paulo state. every few minutes, a fire helicopter arrives to drop fire extinguishing agents on the fire scene. however, due to the large area of ​​the fire, the role of the helicopter seems to be just a drop in the bucket. there are only two firefighters working at the fire scene. it may take a long time to put out such a large fire.

the fires in sao paulo state have affected 318 cities, and currently, fires have not been extinguished in 12 cities. according to the estimate of piai, director of the sao paulo state department of agriculture, the losses caused by the fires may exceed 2 billion reais, equivalent to about 2.5 billion yuan.

smoke from the fires covered the skies over many cities in sao paulo state, with visibility very low in some areas.

giovanna neves, a resident of são paulo state, brazil: we are seeing an increase in patients with respiratory diseases in our hospitals. i experienced it myself once. i was sent to the emergency room because there was smoke all around my house and i couldn't breathe.

(cctv news client)