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Portugal on high alert as firefighters battle blaze
[APA.AZ] Portugal will go on high alert as more than 850 firefighters struggle to put out a fire sweeping across part of the country’s central region on Sunday, with strong winds and high temperatures complicating efforts to tackle the blaze, APA reports citing Rooters.The wildfire has been raging in the municipality of Oleiros since Saturday afternoon but it has spread to two neighbouring municipalities and has already forced the precautionary evacuation of a number of people. A 21-year-old firefighter died in a road accident on Saturday evening while fighting the fire, and seven others were maimed, including one civilian. Posted by: Fred 2020-07-27 |
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