Fire disrupts Cop30 forcing evacuations as negotiators reach critical final days

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Fire disrupted UN climate talks in Brazil&comma; forcing evacuations of several buildings with just two scheduled days left and negotiators yet to announce any major agreements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Officials said no one was hurt in the blaze on Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The fire was reported in an area of pavilions where side-line events are held during the annual talks&comma; known this year as COP30&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Organisers soon announced that the fire was under control&comma; but fire officials ordered the entire site evacuated for safety checks and it was not clear when conference business would resume&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Viliami Vainga Tone&comma; with the Tonga delegation&comma; had just come out of a high-level ministerial meeting when dozens of people came thundering past him shouting about the fire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was among people pushed out of the venue by Brazilian and UN security forces&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;187415" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-187415" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;0551-1&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-187415" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-187415" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">People walk past as a firefighter works at the Cop30 UN climate summit following a fire in Belem&comma; Brazil<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Mr Tone called time the most precious resource at Cop and said he was disappointed it is even shorter because of the fire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have to keep up our optimism&period; There is always tomorrow&comma; if not the remainder of today&period; But at least we have a full day tomorrow&comma;” Mr Tone told The Associated Press&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A few hours before the fire&comma; UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres urged countries to compromise and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;show willingness and flexibility to deliver results”&comma; even if they fall short of the strongest measures some nations want&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are down to the wire and the world is watching Belem&comma;” Mr Guterres said&comma; asking negotiators to engage in good faith in the last two scheduled days of talks&comma; which already missed a self-imposed deadline Wednesday for progress on a few key issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The conference&comma; 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