Firefighter killed in Portugal blaze is laid to rest

Record ID: 896391

  • Title: Firefighter killed in Portugal blaze is laid to rest
  • Date: 21st June 2017
  • Summary: CASTANHEIRA DE PERA, PORTUGAL (JUNE 21, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF FIRE STATION / CROWDS GATHERED OUTSIDE FOR FUNERAL CEREMONY CROWDS GATHERED IN FRONT OF FIRE STATION FIREFIGHTER IN HELMET LISTENING MOURNERS EMBRACING EACH OTHER WOMEN WITH FLOWERS PASSING FIRE TRUCK PORTUGAL'S PRESIDENT MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA ARRIVING AT FUNERAL AND GREETING OFFICIALS PORTUGAL'S PRIME MINISTER ANTONIO COSTA ARRIVING AT FUNERAL AND GREETING OFFICIALS VARIOUS OF COSTA TALKING TO OTHER OFFICIALS PEOPLE GATHERED AT ENTRANCE TO FIRE STATION, COFFIN OF GONCALO CORREIA, FIREFIGHTER WHO DIED BATTLING PORTUGAL'S DEADLIEST FIRE, STANDING INSIDE BUILDING OFFICIALS STANDING AROUND COFFIN, MAN LAYING FLOWERS ON GROUND FIREFIGHTER OFFICIAL STANDING VARIOUS OF COFFIN BEING TAKEN OUT OF FIRE STATION VARIOUS OF CROWD OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING COFFIN TO THE CHURCH PEOPLE ENTERING CHURCH COSTA AND OTHER OFFICIALS WALKING COSTA TALKING TO OFFICIAL COSTA AND OFFICIALS ENTERING CHURCH EXTERIOR OF CHURCH (AUDIO BELLS RINGING) VARIOUS OF COFFIN BEING TAKEN OUT OF CHURCH VARIOUS OF CEREMONY AT CEMETERY IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 5th July 2017 20:43
  • Keywords: funeral wildfire fire Portugal firefighter
  • Location: CASTANHEIRA DE PERA, PORTUGAL
  • City: CASTANHEIRA DE PERA, PORTUGAL
  • Country: Portugal
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wildfires/Forest Fires
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016M81G7B
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Hundreds of mourners, including Portugal's president and prime minister, attended the funeral of a firefighter killed in the forest fire that swept the Pedrogao Grande and other areas.
    Firefighter Goncalo Correia, 40, who died battling Portugal's deadliest fire was laid to rest on Wednesday (June 21).
    Firefighters extinguished the deadliest forest fire in Portugal's recent history on Wednesday, though blazes persisted in nearby central and other areas of the country.
    The main fire, which erupted on Saturday (June 17) and spread with breathtaking speed, killed 64 people as they tried to flee in cars or were engulfed in flames in remote villages in a hilly region about 200 km (125 miles) northeast of Lisbon.
    More than 150 people have been injured.
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