Portugal seeks EU help as wildfire threatens UNESCO-listed forest
The country will shortly trigger the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to bolster firefighting efforts with two Canadair water bomber planes, a government source told the Lusa news agency. The head of the regional government, Miguel Albuquerque, said 60 extra firefighters and first aid specialists had arrived from the Portuguese mainland on top of 76 already sent since the wildfire started on Wednesday last week. The fire had burned 4,392 hectares (10,850 acres) of land up to Tuesday, the European... Читать дальше...