Brazilians Choke As Fire Smoke Blankets 80% Of Country

Satellite images from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), showed 80 percent of Brazil affected by smoke last week (Credit: AFP)

With as much as 80 percent of Brazil under a blanket of smoke from historic wild fires, face masks last used during the coronavirus pandemic are coming out again.

South America's biggest country has for weeks been choking on pollution along with much of the rest of the continent battling extreme drought and record fires.