Firefighters battle 16 wildfires in Portugal
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Pastor Dale Morgan
Jul 27, 2010, 7:28:04 PM7/27/10
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Firefighters battle 16 wildfires in Portugal
SINIKKA TARVAINEN AND EMILIO RAPPOLD
July 28, 2010 - 3:44AM
AAP
More than 1200 firefighters on Tuesday were battling 16 wildfires in heat-stricken Portugal, emergency services said.
Most of the fires raged in the north of the country. The largest of them, however, was ravaging bushland in the southern region of Setubal, where nearly 300 people were battling the flames.
Plans to evacuate the Setubal tourist village of Herdade do Montalvo were cancelled after the wind changed direction.
In the northern region of Guarda, a fire erupted in an area where flames had already destroyed nearly 30,000 acres of bush, forest and farmland in 2009.
Another blaze that had threatened houses in the central Portuguese village of Parada de Gonta was expected to soon be under control, media reported overnight.
Most parts of Portugal were on high fire alert amid temperatures of about 40 degrees Celsius.
Firefighters battle 16 wildfires in Portugal
SINIKKA TARVAINEN AND EMILIO RAPPOLD
July 28, 2010 - 3:44AM
AAP
More than 1200 firefighters on Tuesday were battling 16 wildfires in heat-stricken Portugal, emergency services said.
Most of the fires raged in the north of the country. The largest of them, however, was ravaging bushland in the southern region of Setubal, where nearly 300 people were battling the flames.
Plans to evacuate the Setubal tourist village of Herdade do Montalvo were cancelled after the wind changed direction.
In the northern region of Guarda, a fire erupted in an area where flames had already destroyed nearly 30,000 acres of bush, forest and farmland in 2009.
Another blaze that had threatened houses in the central Portuguese village of Parada de Gonta was expected to soon be under control, media reported overnight.
Most parts of Portugal were on high fire alert amid temperatures of about 40 degrees Celsius.
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