Forest fires threaten villages in Macao, central Portugal

Record ID: 904193

  • Title: Forest fires threaten villages in Macao, central Portugal
  • Date: 26th July 2017
  • Summary: MACAO, PORTUGAL (JULY 26, 2017) (REUTERS) FIREFIGHTERS SITTING ON TOP OF FIRE ENGINES / BLAZE IN BACKGROUND BLAZE FIREFIGHTERS SITTING ON TOP OF FIRE ENGINES / BLAZE IN BACKGROUND PLANE DUMPING WATER ON BURNING FOREST FIREFIGHTERS VARIOUS OF FIRES BURNING IN FOREST PLANE FLYING OVERHEAD AND DUMPING WATER ON FOREST
  • Embargoed: 9th August 2017 14:02
  • Keywords: forest fires Macao Santarem Serta blaze firefighters fire
  • Location: MACAO, PORTUGAL
  • City: MACAO, PORTUGAL
  • Country: Portugal
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Fires
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016RCU4W7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Firefighters were battling multiple fire fronts in central Portugal on Wednesday (July 26) as local authorities in the municipality of Macao said villages were at risk from an uncontained blaze.
    About 1,500 firefighters were deployed to extinguish two forest fires in the provinces of Castelo Branco and Santarem, which have forced authorities to evacuate 10 villages so far, Portuguese media reported on Tuesday (July 25).
    So far this year, forest fires have burned 75,264 hectares, an area which surpasses any amount over the same period in the last decade, the National Civil Protection Authority (ANPC) said on Tuesday.
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