About 600 Portuguese Firefighters are trying to contain a fire that broke out yesterday, Monday, in the tourist area of Algarve, in the south of Portugal, due to which about 60 people were evacuated from the area, the civil protection service announced today, reports APE. One firefighter was taken to hospital with burns and two others received first aid on the spot because they inhaled smoke, said a representative of the regional administration of the civil protection service.
The fire broke out in the early hours of Monday in the community of Castro Marim, near the border with Spain, and was temporarily contained before re-igniting in the afternoon and at night spread to a perimeter of about thirty kilometers and an area at that time estimated at about 30,000 acres. According to local media, the fire caused damage to a rural building located on hills covered with orchards and bushes. The blaze then spread south, toward the coast, prompting authorities to cut off traffic on the highway that crosses the Algarve from east to west.
Traffic on this road was not restored this morning as the fire was spreading in a pine forest zone in the direction of the city of Tavira, according to the civil protection service. Due to high temperatures in Portugal and neighboring Spain, as well as in other countries in the Mediterranean basin, the Portuguese government decided yesterday, Monday, to extend by 48 hours the fire alarm that has been in effect since Friday for most of it. territory of the country.
Fires, which are multiplying on the planet, are associated with various phenomena that scientists expect due to global warming. Portugal, which was hit in 2017 by the deadliest wildfires in its history, in which more than 100 people died, has had a relatively quiet summer so far on the fire front.
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