A fire that forced the evacuation of the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belem on Thursday was brought under control, officials said, although it remained unclear whether delegates would immediately return to continue negotiations.

Brazil’s tourism minister told reporters at the venue that the fire was under control and no one was injured, but he did not know whether delegates would be able to return today or Friday to the part of the venue where the summit negotiations were taking place. Summit organizers confirmed the fire was under control and noted that Brazilian fire officials had ordered the evacuation of the summit’s entire premises.

The summit in the Amazon city was initially scheduled to wrap up on Friday but had already missed a self-imposed Wednesday deadline to

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