Portugal battles deadly wildfires
Al Jazeera
Portugal has received pledges of support from European partners as it battles forest fires that have killed two people, authorities said.
About 5,000 firefighters battled 26 fires on Monday, with the country placed on alert from Saturday to Tuesday evening because of high temperatures and strong winds.
The string of blazes that broke out over the weekend in the northern Aveiro region has injured 12 firefighters, including two seriously, and forced about 70 residents to flee, according to the country’s civil protection authority.
A 28-year-old Brazilian man who worked for a forestry agency died after being caught in the flames as he tried to retrieve tools, police said according to Lusa News Agency.
A volunteer firefighter died of an apparent heart attack as he was eating on a break, the interior ministry said.
