I've heard that farmers annually burn off the undergrowth, and judging from the nets coverage, that's what's happening. An occasional palm tree flares and burns, but there is no thick rain forest.....mostly grasses, long ago cleared for planting or grazing.
1ST RULE:
BELIEVE NOTHING YOU SEE FROM MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
29 posted on 08/26/2019 6:00:04 PM PDT by chiller
(As Davey Crockett once said: Be sure you're right. Then go ahead. I'm goin' ahead.)