Monchique fire: EDP and employee named suspects
EDP Distribuição and one of the company’s employees have been named suspects (‘arguidos’) in the investigation into the devastating fire that ripped through Monchique and spread to the neighbouring boroughs
‘National plan for management of forest fires” sparks outrage
Firefighters and experts have lambasted the long-awaited (overdue) national plan for integrated management of forest fires. The document – that envisages the annual spending of €6 billion to keep the
“Where’s the money going?” Accounts Court slates councils’ fire prevention ‘plans’
There are municipal councils in the north and in the Algarve handing out millions of euros to private companies for ‘wildfire prevention actions’ without making any financial checks on what
Architects to help rebuild houses destroyed by wildfire in Monchique
A group of architects has volunteered to help rebuild the houses that were affected or destroyed by the wildfire that ravaged many parts of Monchique in the summer of 2018.
Two thirds of forest fires this year “of human origin”
Between January 1 and October 15 this year, authorities investigated 8,640 forest fires. In 5,627 cases “it was possible to determine the cause”, say reports – putting ‘of human origin’
Portugal’s “low-cost firefighting goats” featured in New York Times
Portugal’s strategy to use goats as ‘low-cost firefighters’ has been featured in the prestigious American newspaper The New York Times. “Portugal has scrambled to find solutions to wildfires that have
Twenty municipalities on “maximum fire alert” as temperatures rise
Portugal is in for another weekend of hot weather with maximum temperatures set to rise tomorrow, topping 30ºC in most parts of the country and even reaching 36ºC in some
Fires in central region: houses destroyed, at least 30 injured, “very difficult day ahead”
UPDATES, UPDATES… TUESDAY: Lunchtime update: very good news. None of the fronts are ‘active’ now. Civil Protection is saying the fire “at this time” is dominated. That doesn’t mean that
Massive fire rages in central Portugal: various injuries, one serious
UPDATES ON THIS FIRE CAN BE FOUND HERE: A massive fire stretching 25 km has been raging through the night between the central Portuguese boroughs of Vila de Rei and
Forestry-protection register “will be drawn up”, pledges PM
Prime minister António Costa has pledged his government is fully committed to transforming the condition of Portugal’s forests so that they are less vulnerable to wildfires. It’s a commitment that