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Portugal fires in June 2017. Ten people, including nine firefighters, were injured on Monday (July 3) as two forest fires raged in central Portugal, emergency services said. One fire, near the town of Tramagal, was largely under control by afternoon and “no longer presents a risk for the...

A burnt-out car in Pedrógão, Leiria district At least 64 people have been killed by huge forest fires in central Portugal, with many dying in their cars as they tried to flee the flames. Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa, described the blazes – which have injured dozens more people – as...