1,700 firefighters battle Portugal wildfires

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Nearly 2,000 firefighters were deployed to tackle 3 wildfires in the heavily forested Castelo Branco region.

AMENDOA, Portugal – Planes and helicopters joined nearly 2,000 firefighters in central Portugal on Sunday, July 21, to battle huge wildfires in a mountainous region where more than 100 people died in huge blazes in 2017.

The region's Civil Protection chief, Luis Belo Costa, said that"given the difficult terrain, we have not succeeded in getting the fire in Vila de Rei under control, but have only contained about 60 percent of it, despite a lull in the wind." The fires, fanned by strong winds, broke out on Saturday afternoon in the more inaccessible areas in the Castelo Branco region.

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