A large fire is raging in the southern part of Madeira in Portugal. The fire is burning the southern part of the island of Madeira in Portugal, a popular tourist destination in the Atlantic. It started on August 14 from the isolated rural area of Ribeira Brava and spread to the neighboring municipality of Camara de Lobos. It now spans three fronts, according to local authorities. About 200 firefighters with 38 vehicles have been deployed to the island, but high temperatures, combined with low humidity and strong winds are making it difficult to put out the fire. A helicopter that was making drops earlier had to stop after nightfall. “This fire, which is very dangerous, I have no doubt that it is due to arson, in an inaccessible area where aerial vehicles could not intervene,” the president of the Regional Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, told reporters. No injuries were reported, but 160 people were evacuated from their homes as a precaution. The entire coastline of Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal with approximately 250,000 inhabitants, […]
Source: News Beast
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