This display seize taken from AFPTV video footage reveals emergency crews battling a hearth that broke out at a pavilion contained in the venue of the COP30 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on November 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP
At the positioning of the fireplace, about 20 members of the Indian delegation, together with Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, have been current. A spokesperson mentioned they’ve moved to a protected zone and out of harms manner.
The fireplace was reported within the well being and science pavilion on the next-to-last scheduled day of the convention, mentioned Victoria Martins and Júlia Aguiar, technical personnel with the occasion. Officials have been in search of to evacuate the constructing, they mentioned.
The fireplace compelled an evacuation as panicked delegates ran for the exits. U.N. and safety crews rushed with extinguishers to attempt to put out the blaze on the COP30 web site in Belem, with smoke engulfing the hall.
Firefighters arrived on the scene as smoke billowed in and out of the convention constructing.
The fireplace befell as Ministers from all over the world have been deep in negotiations geared toward breaking a impasse over fossil fuels, local weather finance and commerce measures, with sooner or later left within the two-week convention.
However, the fireplace has been introduced underneath management, inflicting no accidents, Brazil’s Tourism Minister Celso Sabino mentioned. “The incident has already been contained,” Mr. Sabino mentioned on Brazilian tv.
(With inputs from AFP, AP)
Published – November 20, 2025 11:29 pm IST
