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color=#800000>Amazon 

rainforest on fire: 

‘Lungs of the world’ in 

flames l 

Nightline

Fire has engulfed an 

area two-thirds the size 

of the continental U.S., 

and containing the 

flames is proving to be 

a herculean task, 

putting a major source 

of the world's oxygen 

under extreme 

stress.

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