28 firefighters were inside the Duas Bocas cave near Altinópolis when its roof collapsed on Sunday
Os cinco municípios com mais focos de incêndio somam uma área de mais de 179 mil hectares de cultivo de cana-de-açúcar - Reprodução/redes social
The state of S&atilde;o Paulo set a record for <a href="https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2024/08/27/coincidence-or-method-record-fires-is-the-state-of-sao-paulo-resembles-coordinated-attacks-in-the-amazon-in-2019" target="_blank">fires</a> in 2024
with 7,296 recorded between January and September 20 this year
according to data from Brazil&#39;s Institute for Space Research (INPE
Until then, the year with the record number of fires was 2010, when 7,291 <a href="https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2024/09/16/unallocated-public-lands-are-the-most-affected-by-fires-in-the-amazon-rainforest-from-january-to-august" target="_blank">outbreaks</a> were recorded
The data correspond to INPE&#39;s historic series
It was reported that 171 wildfires occurred in the state
and 4,489 incidents of unauthorized use of fire occurred in pasture areas
Of the 645 municipalities in S&atilde;o Paulo, 405 had at least one fire in September, according to INPE data, especially in <a href="https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2024/07/19/agribusiness-cattle-and-dams-find-out-the-causes-of-the-drought-and-fires-devastating-the-pantanal-biome" target="_blank">agribusiness areas.</a> By August
236,000 hectares of sugarcane had burned in the state
346 km from S&atilde;o Paulo&rsquo;s capital
The municipality has an area of more than 64,000 hectares devoted to agriculture
which corresponds to 68.97% of its territory
23,980 hectares are sugarcane plantations and 2,462 hectares are pasture for cattle.&nbsp;
Following Altin&oacute;polis is S&atilde;o Carlos
where more than 68% of the territory is used for farming; Pitangueiras
with 90% of the territory occupied by pasture for cattle and crops; and Andradina and Ol&iacute;mpia
88.55% and 85.67% of the territory occupied by farming activities.&nbsp;
In total, these five municipalities have a total area of 179,503 hectares under sugar cane cultivation. On the other hand, the total area of forest in these locations is only 66,339 hectares, especially in Pitangueiras, where forest cover corresponds to just 3.34% of the territory. The data is for 2023 and was taken from the <a href="https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2024/08/23/fogo-e-fumaca-em-sao-paulo-30-municipios-estao-em-estado-de-alerta" target="_blank">Mapbiomas</a> platform
14 municipalities in the state had more than 50 outbreaks in the period
And in 41 locations there were more than 31 occurrences
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