Portugal battles wildfires amid searing heat

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Smoke and ash from the blaze, which erupted Friday, had spread more than 130 kilometres east on Saturday to the shrine of Fatima. theSun theSundaily WorldNews heatwave wildfire Portugal

A column of smoke billows above the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, after a wildfire broke out in Fatima on August 5, 2023. AFPPIX: More than 1,000 firefighters battled a wildfire in central Portugal on Sunday as officials warned that thousands of hectares were at risk amid soaring temperatures across the country.

“It’s a very extensive area with many isolated homes and villages,“ he said, adding that the perimeter of the fire was already some 60 kilometres . A further 300 firefighters had also been deployed to battle a wildfire in Odemira, near the country's southwest coast.

 

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