The fire in the COP30 facility has been contained. “Nobody got hurt”

The fire that broke out at the facility in Belem, Brazil, where the COP30 international climate conference is being held, has been brought under control, Brazilian Tourism Minister Celso Sabino announced on Thursday. He assured that no one was hurt and the forum organizers were monitoring the situation.

The fire “is already under control and firefighters from the state of Para are on the spot,” Sabino confirmed in an interview with Brazilian television.

According to reports by AFP journalists, the stand of one of the countries participating in COP30, located at the entrance to the facility, caught fire. The spreading smoke caused panic in the building, as seen in the recordings shown on television.

Part of the facility was evacuated and the police cordoned off the area where the fire occurred. So far, it has not been revealed what caused the incident. The conference ends on Friday.

COP30 is the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – an annual climate summit at which representatives of almost all countries in the world negotiate common actions to limit global warming and adapt to climate change. (PAP)

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