One voice to prevent fires
Three local residents from Marmelete and Portimão have joined forces and organised a meeting in an attempt to alert the Portuguese government to the dangers of more forest fires occurring
Blazes destroy Lynx habitat
For some time now, the Iberian Lynx’s numbers have been falling fast and the species is in very real danger of becoming extinct. New breeding programmes were put into place
Government ‘insensitive’ to region’s fire disaster
Forest fire victims are set to receive initial payments of 5.5 million euros from the government, but a state of public disaster will not be declared – a decision that
Fires up by 110 per cent
According to the environmental engineers’ association, the Núcleo Regional Sul da Associação Portuguesa de Engenheiros do Ambiente (APEA), the number of forest fires across the country has risen by 110
PM visits fire victims
Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes has visited the Loulé area to see for himself the extent of the devastation caused by the recent forest fire in the Serra do Caldeirão
Government slammed in fire post-mortem
José Vitorino, President of Faro Câmara, has expressed solidarity with the region’s fire victims and claimed that “regional autonomy” for the Algarve would have prevented the catastrophe. The câmara leader
Fire arrests
Figures reveal that 35 people have, so far, been arrested on suspicion of starting Portugal’s forest fires – 23 of whom were arrested in July. Only recently the Polícia Judiciária
Satellites support fight against fires
The European Space Agency (ESA) is supporting a satellite service that will monitor damages caused by forest fires in European countries. The service will then identify areas prone to new
Suspected arsonists arrested
Judicial Police officers have detained a couple suspected of starting at least four fires in the concelho of Almodôvar recently. One of the couple also ventured to the concelhos of
Living in a war zone
Devastating forest fires have once again laid waste to huge swathes of the Algarve. Resident reporter Gabriel Hershman spoke to two first-hand witnesses to the blaze, who have very different