Fire rages in central Portugal

Record ID: 906050

  • Title: Fire rages in central Portugal
  • Date: 11th August 2017
  • Summary: ABRANTES, PORTUGAL (AUGUST 11, 2017) (REUTERS) CLOUD OF SMOKE ABOVE TOWN AND SUN TOWN COVERED WITH SMOKE SUN BLOCKED BY CLOUD OF SMOKE SMOKE BILLOWING FROM TREES FIRE RAGING AND SMOKE BILLOWING FROM TREES FIREFIGHTER PLANE DUMPING WATER OVER FOREST FIREFIGHTER TRUCKS DRIVING ON THE ROAD AND SMOKE BILLOWING IN THE BACKGROUND TREES AND SMOKE BILLOWING IN THE BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF TOWN AND SMOKE RISING FROM FOREST PLANE DUMPING WATER FIREFIGHTERS SPRAYING WATER TREE BRANCH BURNING VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS SPRAYING WATER WITH HOSES
  • Embargoed: 25th August 2017 13:09
  • Keywords: Portugal fire wildfire forest fire Abrantes firefighters
  • Location: ABRANTES, PORTUGAL
  • City: ABRANTES, PORTUGAL
  • Country: Portugal
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wildfires/Forest Fires
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016TPQ79J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A fire continued to burn in the region of Abrantes, central Portugal, on Friday (August 11) as 683 firefighters, 216 fire trucks and ten firefighting planes battled the blaze, Portuguese Civil protection said on its website.
    The fire broke out on Wednesday (August 9), local media reported.
    As a precautionary measure, four villages were evacuated, the mayor of Abrantes Maria do Ceu Albuquerque, local media reported.
    Members of Spain's Military Emergency Unit (UME) were deployed to provide support to the Portuguese Emergency services with firefighting planes.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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