The number of fires in the Amazon rainforest grew 30.5% in 2019 from the previous year, according to data released by INPE. According to INPE, the number of fires detected in the Amazon region was 89,178 in 2019 compared with 68,345 fires in 2018. Although the number of fires rose, it was still below the historic average of 109,630-fires in the Amazon each year.