Military planes heading for Sao Paulo to fight wildfires

SAO PAULO, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government announced Sunday that it is sending military aircraft to combat wildfires ravaging Brazil's southeastern state of Sao Paulo.

"We have asked the Defense Ministry to mobilize aircraft to combat the areas reached by the fire," said Waldez Goes, Minister of Integration and Regional Development.

Goes attributed the fires to the "complicated climate emerge