The Portuguese government issued a precautionary alarm on Saturday, due to the very high risk of fires on Sunday, due to the heat wave expected on the Iberian peninsula in the coming days. “Next week will be difficult,” Interior Minister Maria Lucia Amaral said. Portugal and Spain have already been hit by many forest fires in recent days. Yesterday, hundreds of firefighters continued the battle with flames on various smaller or larger fronts in Portugal, according to the Civil Protection Service. The government declared the alarm situation for the whole territory from Sunday, August 3 to Thursday, August 7, due to the deterioration of meteorological conditions and the very high risk of fires in rural areas. More than 257,000 acres have been burned in Portugal since the beginning of the year, according to the European Forestry Information System (EFFIS). On the other side of the border, in the Spanish region of Galicia (northwest), firefighters fight with flames […]
Source: News Beast
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