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Fires are in the Amazon rainforest at an alarming rate. French President Emmanuel Macron has the record number of fires is now an "international crisis". There has an 85 per cent increase in fires in the Amazon this year. Mr Macron said urgent action needed to taken. He said the fires to be on top of the agenda at the G7 summit of world leaders in Biarritz. Macron about how serious he the fires were. He wrote: "Our house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rain forest - the lungs which 20% of our planet's oxygen - on fire. It is an international crisis. Members of the G7 Summit, let's this emergency in two days."

Other leaders agreed that they should the fires. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has the fires an "acute emergency". She said they "shocking". She that the fires didn't only threaten Brazil and its neighboring countries, but also the whole world. The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the fires "not only heartbreaking," but "an international crisis". He added: "We stand ready to whatever help we can to them under control and help one of Earth's greatest wonders." UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said: "In the midst of the global climate crisis, we cannot more damage to a major source of oxygen and biodiversity. The Amazon must protected."