Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region, Reuters reports.

Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest level for that period since records started in 1999, according to Brazil’s Inpe research agency, which monitors all of South America.

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📸: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters