In Portugal, a blaze broke out in the Mafra area, north of Lisbon, while in France at least four firefighters were seriously injured and motorways were closed.Residents tried to slow the advance of the flames by hosing their gardens, as the flames also swept through neighbouring forests, according to television images.
Elsewhere, other major outbreaks raged in northern and central Portugal, requiring over 1,000 firefighters. Parts of northern and central Portugal were placed on alert this weekend in the face of"steep temperature rises" to more than 40 degrees Celsius, expected to last until at least Tuesday, according to the meteorological institute.Portugal, which remains traumatised by the deadly fires of 2017 which killed more than 100 people, was also hit in early July by a series of fires fanned by scorching temperatures.
New fires, meanwhile, broke out in southeastern France on Sunday, with 350 hectares burned in Gard where a firefighter was seriously injured, and 35 hectares near Marseille hit, causing the partial closures of motorways.
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