A fire in the Brazilian city of Manaus engulfed at least 600 wooden houses and led thousands to flee

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• A fire in the Brazilian city of Manaus engulfed at least 600 wooden houses and sent thousands fleeing from their homes on Tuesday.
• No deaths were reported from the blaze, but four people were injured and more than 2000 were forced to flee.
• Authorities said preliminary information pointed to a kitchen incident involving an exploding pressure cooker as the possible cause.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) — A fire raced through a neighborhood in the Brazilian jungle city of Manaus early on Tuesday, engulfing at least 600 wooden houses built on stilts due to seasonal floods and sending thousands fleeing from their homes.

No deaths were reported from the blaze, which authorities said may have been triggered by a pressure cooker explosion. Four people were injured, and more than 2,000 people were forced to flee, Amadeu Soares, head of the Amazonas state security ministry, told reporters at the scene.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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