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Government focused on positive PR as threat of new elections looms ever greater The first ‘easy payments’ to farmers affected by recent wildfires in Portugal’s northern and central areas have
CHEGA accuses government of “having learnt nothing” from fires of 2017 Following another blistering attack by right-wing CHEGA, the government has stressed today that “all means” were on the ground
Preliminary study confirms perennial scourge Over a third of the forest fires recorded this year were caused by arson, minister of internal affairs Margarida Blasco confirmed today, revealing that almost
Passadiços de Paiva suffered fire damage in 2016 as well Part of the wooden section of the iconic Passadiços de Paiva (Paiva Walkways), in Arouca, is on fire and, although
20 homes ‘hit’ in Albergaria-a-Velha, 3 in Gondomar Two people have been confirmed dead today as a result of the raging wildfires across the north and centre of the country.
Meteorologists warn of significant increase to risk of rural fires until Wednesday Portugal is to receive eight firefighting aircraft to fight the fires raging in the north and centre of
36 patrols on ground until Tuesday The Portuguese Army has been called in to reinforce fire prevention patrols while mainland territory is in a Situation of Alert. In a statement,
Exceptional measures in place until midnight on Tuesday The government has declared a Situation of Alert for the whole of mainland Portugal from 1pm today until 11.59pm on Tuesday with
Combat reinforced this morning with five firefighting aircraft The fight against the fire that broke out yesterday in an area of scrubland in Amora, Seixal, has been classified as “contained
Wind pushing flames towards Sesimbra A fire that began in the Seixal suburb of Belverde today has already reached one home, and is bearing down on others, as well as