Unlucky 13: the Portuguese boroughs most at risk of fire
With the summer now officially in place and weather heating up rapidly, IPMA – the country’s sea and atmosphere institute – has issued a “very high” fire alert for 13
Fire destroys Mercedes and spreads to outside of house in PortimĂŁo
PJ police are investigating a fire that started in a Mercedes car and spread to the outside of a small house on a narrow street in PortimĂŁo on Saturday morning
Police investigate arson following fire at Faro social housing building
A fire in a social housing apartment building in Faro led to the evacuation of 58 residents in the early hours of Wednesday morning (June 15). Six people, including four-year-old
Alporchinhos fire leaves migrant workers homeless
Three men – two Indians and a Pakistani – have been left homeless after a fire devastated the house they were renting in Alporchinhos, Lagoa. The blaze started early on
Panic as fire rips through 10-storey Cascais apartment block
Hundreds of apartments in the smart 10-storey Cascais Atrium building are feared to have been destroyed by a fire that began in the early hours of Saturday morning, forcing the
Monchique fire finally brought under control
A fire that had been raging in Tojeiro, Monchique since yesterday afternoon (October 1) was finally brought under control at 3.20am this morning, after destroying a “firefighting Land Rover” and
UPDATE: Monchique fire is “uncontrollable,” says mayor
With the Algarve’s 15 fire corporations all battling flames this afternoon, Monchique mayor Rui André has said the fire that broke out in Tojeiro today (October 1) is “uncontrollable” and
Fire breaks out at Zoomarine theme park
Firefighters are trying to put out a fire that broke out this morning (September 10) at the Zoomarine theme park in Guia, Albufeira. Details are still scarce, but a source
Mangualde fires destroy classic cars worth “around €1 million”
As the weekend brought the total number of fires in Portugal over the last two weeks to 2,680, damages came into sharp focus in Mangualde where a vintage car buff
Portugal ablaze: “almost a thousand fires in three days”
With almost a thousand raging forest fires in three days, it is all about numbers in Portugal now: 374 fires on Sunday, 308 on Monday, 100 registered since midnight today