"Organisers soon announced that the fire was under control, but fire officials ordered the entire site evacuated for safety checks and it was not clear when conference business would resume. Viliami Vainga Tone, with the Tonga delegation, had just come out of a high-level ministerial meeting when dozens of people came thundering past him shouting about the fire. He was among people pushed out of the venue by Brazilian and UN security forces."
"A few hours before the fire, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres urged countries to compromise and "show willingness and flexibility to deliver results", even if they fall short of the strongest measures some nations want. "We are down to the wire and the world is watching Belem," Mr Guterres said, asking negotiators to engage in good faith in the last two scheduled days of talks, which already missed a self-imposed deadline Wednesday for progress on a few key issues."
A fire broke out in the pavilion area where side-line events were held during COP30. Organisers said the blaze was soon under control, but fire officials ordered the entire site evacuated for safety checks, and it was unclear when conference business would resume. Delegates, including Viliami Vainga Tone of Tonga, were pushed out of the venue by Brazilian and UN security after reports of the fire. No injuries were reported. Earlier, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged flexibility and compromise, warning negotiators the world and frontline communities were watching and demanding results as talks ran into their final scheduled days.
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