Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says his country can’t afford to fight the massive blazes raging across the Amazon rainforest.

Bolsonaro, who was elected last year, has faced criticism for not doing enough to contain deforestation as the Amazon faces a record number of wildfires — which are up 84% from the same period last year.

“There aren’t the resources. This chaos has arrived,” the president told reporters on Thursday, according to the BBC.

Bolsonaro repeated claims accusing non-government groups of setting the blazes in response to being defunded by his administration.

When asked if he had any proof, Bolsonaro responded saying: “Did I accuse NGOs directly? I just said I suspect them.”

The blazes, which have ravaged parts of the states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará and Mato Grosso, forced Amazonas to declare a state of emergency earlier this month, Euro News reported.

With Post wires