Fire smoke covers Brazil's capital, prompting federal response

BRASILIA, Brazil: Smoke from fires in the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado savannah, the Pantanal wetland and the state of Sao Paulo have enveloped buildings in Brazil's modernist capital, Brasilia over the past two days.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Brazil's fire monitoring center, concerned about the smoke. "No fires caused by lightning were detected. This means that people are setting fires in the Am