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The wildfire burned 64,451 hectares over 11 days, becoming Portugal's largest recorded fire and contributing to a total of approximately 250,000 hectares burned this year, officials said.
- Portugal's largest ever forest fire, covering 64,451 hectares across 7 municipalities in central Portugal, was only brought under control on Sunday after raging for 11 days.
- Since July, forest fires have killed 4 people in Portugal, destroyed homes and crops, and ravaged 278,000 hectares, while 4 people have also died in the most recent fires in Spain.
- The government has announced emergency measures to help affected areas, including funding for reconstructing destroyed homes and aid for farmers.
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Portugal counts the cost of its biggest ever forest fire
Nearly 1,000 firefighters remained mobilised Monday in central Portugal to prevent flare-ups of what authorities said was the biggest forest fire the country has seen -- ravaging an area more than 10 times bigger than Manhattan island.
Almost 1,000 firefighters remain on duty – The fire raged for 11 days in 7 municipalities
A record record for the fires that struck the country during this month of August, mainly in the former capital.
Never had a fire been so devastating in the country, according to the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests. The fire was finally circumscribed on Monday Nearly 1,000 firefighters remained
Nearly 1,000 pumps are still mobilized in the centre of Portugal for months to prevent the recovery of a forest fire which they managed to isolate on Sunday and which, according to the first estimates, made a survey of...
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