An initial investigation suggests a pressure cooker on a stove started the fire, which rapidly spread, fanned by strong gusts of wind at the time, authorities said. Michael Dantas / AFP
A huge fire blazed through 600 wooden homes built on stilts next to a river in Brazil’s Amazon region on Monday night, decimating a poor area of the city of Manaus but causing no deaths, authorities said Tuesday.
“It’s perhaps the biggest city fire in the history of Manaus,” said the deputy chief of the local emergency service, Hermogenes Rabelo.
See photos of remains of the incident below.
Residents look at the remains of Educandos neighbourhood the day after it was ravaged by a massive fire, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil on December 18, 2018. Michael Dantas / AFP
A woman stands amid the debris while other residents try to recover belongings, the day after a massive fire ravaged Educandos neighbourhood, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil on December 18, 2018. Michael Dantas / AFP
Residents salvage belongings the day after a massive fire ravaged Educandos neighbourhood, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil on December 18, 2018. Michael Dantas / AFP
General view of Educandos neighbourhood the day after a massive fire ravaged the area, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil on December 18, 2018. Michael Dantas / AFP
