(ANSA-AFP) – LISBON, 01 AUG – A large forest fire is underway in Portugal, north of Lisbon, in Mafra, while temperatures are getting hotter.
About thirty guests from a retirement home were evacuated for preventive purposes, a civil protection commander told Renascença radio.
About 400 firefighters with five aircraft went into action to put out the flames, civil protection said. Residents tried to slow the advance of the flames by throwing water as the fire progressed in nearby forests.
Other major fires are also raging in the north and center of Portugal, mobilizing more than a thousand firefighters, while a hot alert has been issued in various locations, with temperatures expected to be over 40 degrees, at least until tomorrow. (ANSA-AFP).
Source: Ansa
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