Inquiry opened into security failings after bus catches fire in Portugal’s longest road tunnel
An inquiry has been opened into alleged security failings in the Marão tunnel after a bus caught fire inside, leaving passengers stranded. Eye-witness reports attest to security services taking over
New fire engine “completely destroyed” by Monchique wildfire
A fire engine equipped to battle forest fires and only purchased last year was completely destroyed on Monday in a blaze that broke out at Portela do Vale. No-one was
“Authetic inferno” returns to Monchique
Just before 8pm last night, the massive fire that raged throughout Saturday night and almost all Sunday reignited with ferocity in Monchique, creating two active fronts that have quickly encircled
Heatwave plunges Portugal back into the jaws of fire
Raging temperatures throughout the country have sparked a new wave of major forest fires, with six ‘significant outbreaks’ being tackled by hundreds of firefighters on Tuesday afternoon. Arcos de Valdevez
Portugal identified in ‘tentacular Spanish fire cartel’
Portugal has been ‘identified’ in an investigation into corruption over contracts awarded for the hiring out of planes for fire-fighting purposes. Spanish newspaper El Mundo has revealed that what it
Funchal council predicts rates’ loss of €200,000 due to fires tax amnesty
At the height of the wildfires in Madeira last week, the assurance that people who had lost their homes would be exempt from paying rates sounded ridiculous. Of course people
Messines fire “under control” after forcing evacuation of 49 people
The huge fire that broke out yesterday (August 8) in a rural area of Perna Seca in Messines, Silves has been brought under control by firefighters. “The nighttime firefighting efforts
Fire rages in São Bartolomeu de Messines
A fire is raging in a rural area of Perna Seca in São Bartolomeu de Messines, Silves this afternoon (August 8). Around 223 firefighters are said to be fighting the
Over 400 vehicles destroyed as fire engulfs dance festival carpark
As many as 422 vehicles were “totally destroyed” and many others damaged when fire broke out in the carparking area of a packed dance festival in Castelo de Vide, near
Fire ravages 500 hectares of Serra da Estrela natural park
As many as 500 firemen were dispatched to the natural park of Serra da Estrela over the weekend to fight two blazes which, though extinguished within 24 hours, registered “strong