Despite More Fires, the Leiria Region Registers a Smaller Burned Area
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With 270 fires and 68 hectares burned until mid-October, the sub-regional commander asks for more awareness to "invert this cycle of man-made fires".
Human action continues to be the leading and worrying cause of rural fires in the region of Leiria, Lusa told the agency the Subregional Commander of Emergency and Civil Protection, Carlos Guerra. The content Fires: Human action continues to be predominant in fires in Leiria appears first in National Sheet.
This year, and until October 15, 270 rural fires were recorded, having burned 68 hectares (180 fires in the year 2025, when they burned 616 hectares).
Human action continues to be the leading and worrying cause of rural fires in the region of Leiria, Subregional Emergency and Civil Protection Commander Carlos Guerra told the agency.
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