A raging fire tore through the grounds of the UN climate summit COP30 in Brazil on Thursday, stalling talks as a full-scale evacuation was ordered, officials said.

Thirteen people were treated for smoke inhalation after the inferno broke out near the China pavilion before fanning outwards to other nearby sectors, Brazil’s Tourism Minister Celso Sabino told reporters at the scene.

Samuel Rubin, one of the people in charge of an entertainment and culture quadrant, said that other pavilions that were torched included many of the sections set aside for Africa and one for youth participants.

Organizers said that the blaze was under control within roughly six minutes.

Fire officials ordered the entire conference to be evacuated, and it’s unclear when the talks will continue.

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