1.
GV BLAZING FOREST
0.04

2.
2 SV'S..TREES BURNING
0.11

3.
CU FLAMES
0.15

4.
SV MAN RUNNING
0.18

5.
GV FIRE
0.21

6.
SV WOMAN FLEES
0.23

7.
LV MEN CLEAR GROUND FOR FIRE-BREAK
0.25

8.
LV MEN BEATING FLAMES
0.28

9.
LV MEN CLEARING GROUND
0.32

10.
GV DITTO
0.33

11.
LV MEN CLEARING GROUND
0.36

12.
SV TRACTOR PASSING
0.40

13.
SV & LV..FLAMES IN TREES
0.47

14.
CU PAN..PEOPLE FLEE FROM FIRE
0.51

15.
CU MAN BEATS FLAMES
0.55

16.
GV FOREST FIRE
0.58


OPTICAL WIPE


17.
SV BOY IN HOSPITAL BED WITH BURNS
1.05

18.
CU MAN'S BURNED HANDS, UP TO FACE WITH BURNS
1.09

19.
SV BOY IN BED
1.12

20.
CU BLOOD TRANSFUSION, PAN DOWN TO MAN IN BED
1.19

21.
CU ANOTHER MAN WITH BURNED FACE
1.21

22.
CU ANOTHER MAN
1.24

23.
CU HAND FOR TRANSFUSION
1.26



Initials PGR/S/JH/ES


EDITORS: APOLOGIES FOR POOR QUALITY. SERVICED SINCE THIS IS FIRST FILM OF FIRES.

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Background: ONE OF THE WORST FOREST FIRES IN SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY IS RAGING OUT CONTROL IN PARANA STATE, BRAZIL'S RICHEST COFFEE-PRODUCING REGION.OVER 250 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED BURNED TO DEATH AND 300,000 ARE HOMELESS.

FANNED BY STRONG WINDS, THE BIGGEST FIRE IS RAGING OUT OF CONTROL THROUGH PINE FORESTS AND COFFEE PLANTATIONS AT FRIGHTENING SPEED.FIRE-FIGHTERS BURNING FIRE-BREAKS AHEAD OF THE BLAZE HAVE BEEN ENCIRCLED AND TRAPPED BY THE FLAMES.

NEARLY 500 SERIOUSLY INJURED VICTIMS, INCLUDING MANY CHILDREN, HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AS NURSES AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL AID POURS IN FROM BORDERING STATES.

THE STATE OF PARANA HAS SUFFERED SEVERE DROUGHT FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS.MOST OF NEXT YEAR'S COFFEE CROP HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN OFF AS A TOTAL LOSS.

FILM SHOWS FIRE-FIGHTERS BATTLING THE FLAMES, TOGETHER WITH VICTIMS BEING TREATED IN HOSPITAL THIS WEEK.

(MEANWHILE, HOPES HAVE RISEN THAT RAIN WILL FALL THIS WEEK TO AID IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST AT LEAST 40 DIFFERENT FIRES BURNING ON WIDE FRONTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.