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Portugal Wildfires Claim First Victim, as Spain on Wildfire Alert
Nearly 4,000 firefighters are battling wildfires amid temperatures above 40°C, with Portugal requesting EU aid as the first fatality was reported, the former mayor of Planta.
- Portugal’s wildfires claimed their first victim Friday when former mayor Carlos Damaso died fighting the blazes in Planta, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced.
- A heatwave brought temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius this month, expected to last through Monday, with fire risk 'very high or extreme' across Greece, according to EFFIS.
- In Trancoso, nearly 4,000 firefighters are battling blazes; Portugal requested four EU civil protection aircraft until Monday.
- Authorities extended the state of alert until Sunday, and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, cut short his holidays to join emergency meetings, Lucie Roesch said, `We are in a situation of extreme vigilance`.
- Regional data show, according to EFFIS, fires in Greece and Galicia have burned more than 10,000 hectares this year, less than the over 306,000 hectares in 2022.
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AlKhaleej TodayPortugal faces first fatality as wildfires rage across Southern Europe amid heatwave
MADRID, Aug 16 — Portugal suffered its first death yesterday from the fires raging there, as Spain’s weather agency warned of a “very high to extreme risk” of more wildfires there during Europe’s intense heatwave.Further east, Greece was still fighting blazes on one Aegean island, but the situation had improved for several other southern European countries.Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced the death of the former mayor of th…
Several thousand firefighters have been fighting the fires that have affected Portugal for more than three weeks. The fires have claimed a first victim on Friday 15 August. Carlos Damaso, the former mayor of the...
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Portugal wildfires claim first victim, as Spain on wildfire alert
MADRID: Portugal suffered its first death Friday (Aug 15) from the fires raging there, as Spain's weather agency warned of a "very high to extreme risk" of more wildfires there during Europe's intense heatwave. Further east, Greece was still fighting blazes on one Aegean island, but the situation had impro
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