Fire prompts evacuations at U.N. climate talks in Brazil, and 13 suffer smoke inhalation

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BELEM, Brazil — A fire briefly spread through pavilions being used for U.N. climate talks in Brazil and prompted evacuations Thursday on the next-to-last day of the conference , and officials said 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation. Organizers said the fire was controlled in about six minutes. Fire officials ordered the evacuation of the entire site for the conference, known as COP30 , and it wasn’t clear when the talks would resume. Brazil’s Tourism Minister Celso Sabino told

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