Fires

Change of approach on day six of this fire follows mounting criticism A press release issued today shows authorities have started listening to criticism of the firefighting ‘strategy’ used this

Over 1,500 firefighters battle through night; 13 firefighting helicopters and planes now in air Thursday morning sees 1,500 firefighters backed by over 470 appliances and 13 planes and helicopters still

Combat at 7am involves over 1,000 firefighters backed by 356 appliances  Early this morning there was still no joy for the embattled residents of villages in Serra da Estrela. The

Claims involving most losses were reported in districts of Faro and Aveiro Insurers estimate paying claims of €8 million for fires that occurred during the situation of contingency and alert

Mayor criticises firefighting strategy: “It didn’t need to be like this” Tuesday morning sees the fire that began near Covilhã in the early hours of Saturday morning well into its

Project “Evacuate Forest” seeks to completely upgrade Portugal’s model for wildfire preparedness The “highly complex” mission to decide when and how to remove people at risk in case of forest

Blaze in central region been going for three days More than 620 firefighters continued this morning to battle a wildfire that began in a rural area of Covilhã in the

High probability they were caused by arsonists  After another very difficult day in which some areas saw multiple fires break out at exactly the same time in the heat of