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Fire breaks out inside Blue Zone pavilion at COP30 in Belem, Brazil

Fire breaks out in pavilion at COP30 climate talks. [Dennis Aseto, Standard]

A fire at a pavilion inside the venue of the UN's climate talks in Brazil forced an evacuation Thursday as panicked delegates ran for the exits.

UN and security crews rushed with extinguishers to try to put out the blaze at the COP30 site in Belem, with smoke engulfing the corridor and people shouting "fire!"

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