Fire disrupted United Nations climate talks in Brazil on Thursday, forcing evacuations of several buildings with just two scheduled days left and negotiators yet to announce any major agreements. Officials said no one was hurt.

The fire was reported in an area of pavilions where sideline events are held during the annual talks, known this year as Cop30. Organisers at the event in Belém soon assured 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.

“We are down to the wire and the world is watching Belem,” Guterres said, asking negotiators to engage in good faith in the last two scheduled days of talks, which already missed a self-imposed deadline on Wednesday for progress on a few major issues. The conference, with this year’s edition known as Cop30, frequently runs longer than its scheduled two weeks.

“Communities on the front lines are watching, too – counting flooded homes, failed harvests, lost livelihoods – and asking, ‘how much more must we suffer?’” Guterres said. “They’ve heard enough excuses and demand results.”

On contentious issues involving more detailed plans to phase out fossil fuels and financial aid to poorer countries, Guterres said he was “perfectly convinced” that compromise was possible and dismissed the idea that not adopting the strongest measures would be a failure.