500 firefighters at ready as rural blazes break out in Braga district
With wildfires already causing trouble in the district of Braga today, 500 firefighters are ‘at the ready’ nationwide between today and next Wednesday to ‘reinforce areas at greatest risk of
29 districts in Portugal at very high or maximum fire risk
Algarve municipality Tavira is at maximum fire risk Nearly 30 districts in Portugal are facing at least a very high risk of wildfires, according to the national meteorological institute IPMA.
Fire risk in Portugal today 40% more than in 2022
Authorities ratchet-up fire prevention awareness ahead ahead of predicted ‘scorcher’ of a summer The risk of wildfires in Portugal as of today, the very beginning of spring, is roughly 40%
Municipalities fume over charter on fire danger levels
Various inland municipalities are fuming over the government’s plan for special rules for communities most vulnerable to wildfires. The ‘Carta de Perigosidade de incêndio rural’ defines areas in which people
“Prepare for worst”: Marcelo predicts “very difficult year” for wildfires
Citizens have till April 30 to clear land of combustible material President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has called on citizens to prepare for wildfires this summer, predicting
Fire alert association seeks help to continue vital work
The power of local communities in the detection of forest fires has become more evident than ever in recent years thanks to the work of “Associação Alerta de Incêndio Florestal,”
Renature Monchique to be relaunched
‘Renature Monchique’, a project launched in 2019 to help replant vast areas of the borough devastated by a massive wildfire in 2018, is due to be relaunched at an event
Two wildfires account for 98% of burned area in Algarve
Fires which broke out in Gambelas and São Marcos da Serra consumed around 2,000 hectares Two wildfires which broke out in the Algarve last summer were responsible for 98% of
40 municipalities in ‘very elevated risk of wildfires’ this Sunday
As October’s unseasonably high temperatures continue, IPMA meteorological institute has put 40 boroughs in the districts of Bragança, Viseu, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Santarém and Faro under ‘very elevated risk
Critical fire season ends after 110,000ha of forest burned
The government declared, for the first time ever, a state of calamity in July due to the high risk of fire In Portugal, the season considered to be the most