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Timelapse Shows Smoke From Wildfire Looming Over Quito

Several wildfires engulfed swathes of land on the outskirts of the Ecuadorian capital of Quito on September 15, causing a large plume of smoke to hang over the city. This video shows the blaze near the city’s Guápulo district.

Dozens of firefighters were deployed to contain a wildfire on Auqui Hill in northeast Quito in order to prevent it from spreading to populated areas. Credit: Twitter/May Solis