US EditionThe Fires in Portugal Are Worrying, Two of Them Near Galicia and Extremadura: More than 1,500 Firefighters Fight Against Five Fires
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In Portugal, nearly 2,000 firefighters are fighting forest fires in the north and central parts of the country, and the authorities fear a worsening of the fires in the coming days.
Nearly 2,000 firefighters are mobilized on Tuesday to fight forest fires across the country. The most active home is located near the town of Arouca (Centre).
In the north and in the centre of Portugal, the fire brigade is currently fighting several forest fires. On Tuesday morning, more than 1700 firefighters were deployed. Six of them suffered minor injuries during the operations. The situation in a mountain region is particularly difficult. There, a fire with a lot of wind spread quickly, as the mayor Augusto Marinho explained. The fire broke out already on Saturday, on Monday evening, several hous…
We are in a fire season, that is the reality, but what is not helping at all are the severe heat waves aggravated by climate change and the runaway temperatures that are experienced in many parts of Europe. Portugal right now is dealing with 6 huge igneous hot spots, while the thermometers rub the 40aC. Virtually all the fire brigades available in each area, plus some of the support that Spain has sent to put out the fire in the border areas are…
More than 1,500 firefighters fight first thing this Tuesday five large fires in different parts of Portugal, two of them near the border with Spain, according to data from the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority. The two fires that are next to the Spanish border are that of Ponte da Barca, which has 390 firefighters and 131 vehicles, and is close to the border with Galicia, and that of Penamacor, with 394 troops and 139 vehicles, a…
(EFE) – Portugal fights 17 “high gravity” fires, fuelled by the high temperatures and the strong wind that caused the fires of Ponte da Barca and Penamacor, close to the border with Spain, Galicia and Extremadura, respectively. This was reported in a press conference by the commander Mário Silvestre, of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), who said that “unfortunately” the fire in the Ponte da Barca area in the north of…
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