The Portuguese government decided to raise the level of alert by declaring a “state of emergency” from Monday to Friday next week, and asked the European Union to activate the municipality’s civil protection mechanism, to get two seaplanes stationed in Spain. . We are facing an almost unprecedented situation regarding the weatherThe National Commander of Civil Protection, Andre Fernandez, commented, while more than 120 fires were recorded daily on Friday and Saturday.
Referring to temperatures that can reach 45 degrees, Interior Minister Jose Luis Carneiro, for his part, said that Portugal is facing “worst combination of factors” Since the fires of June and October 2017, which killed more than a hundred people. On Sunday, the President of the Republic called for a “collective effort” by everyone to prevent fires in the coming days, fearing that conditions, especially the arrival of strong winds, would increase the risks until Tuesday. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is asking the Portuguese and mayors to curb risky activity in rural areas.
