Forest fire has destroyed a record of 640,000 acres in Portugal

Nearly 1,000 firefighters today remained mobilized in central Portugal to prevent a new resurgence of a forest fire that was under control yesterday, which, according to initial estimates, has burned an area of ​​more than 640,000 acres. The fire, which was raging for 11 days in seven municipalities at the intersection of the areas of Koibra, Guardo and Castello Branko, has destroyed 644,510 acres, a spokesman for the National Civil Protection Authority, Commander Telmos Ferrera, told AFP. This is the biggest fire ever recorded in Portugal, according to data from the Institute for Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF), surpassing the previous 530,000 acres record destroyed by a single forest fire in October 2017. But they have been mobilized “963 firefighters with the support of 300 vehicles” in “Surveillance Businesses”, although these numbers are expected to be reduced […]
Source: News Beast

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