The World Climate Conference site in Belém, Brazil, has reopened following a fire and complete evacuation. That
firefighter The Brazilian Presidency at COP30 announced that access had been reopened after security checks. As reported by AFP news agency journalists, people who show their accreditation are allowed to re-enter the site.
Areas affected by the fires will remain closed until the end of the conference, the COP president said. There are no more plenary events in the evening. We thank all participants for their cooperation, patience and understanding. “We still have work to do and we are confident that delegates will return to negotiations with a spirit of solidarity and determination to ensure a successful outcome for this COP,” said the US Secretary of State. Presidency with.
The German delegation earlier announced that final talks would not resume until Friday morning. A spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of Environment said that bilateral or trilateral talks would be held between delegations on Thursday.
On Thursday afternoon, a one-meter-high fire broke out in a rural pavilion near the climate conference entrance area. In the middle of the crucial phase of negotiations, all locations were evacuated and tens of thousands of conference participants were evacuated to safe places.
21 people were treated by rescue workers
According to rescue officials, 19 people were treated for smoke inhalation and two others for anxiety. Nine of them were still being treated that night. The UN Climate Change Secretariat initially announced that 13 people had been treated at the site. The fire caused only “limited damage.”
Firefighters said the fire was likely caused by an electrical device, possibly a microwave, and was under control within six minutes.
According to the official schedule, the 30th UN Climate Change Conference ends Friday night. Prior to the fire at the site, delegates from around 190 countries were continuing intensive negotiations on climate finance and trade measures. Contrary to expectations, a new draft of a comprehensive political decision text was not published.
