Portugal is reliving the nightmare of fires these days. In the north and center of the country there are more than one Thirty fires raging out of control, with 107 active fires, which worry the Portuguese country, which is why it has extended the maximum alert situation until ThursdayThere are four people arrested for these fires, while troops work to put out the flames with temperatures that are not helping.
The wave of fires has left four dead and 40 injured since Saturday. Something that led to requesting air aid from the European Union after being overwhelmed by more than 30 simultaneous fires. Likewise, the Portuguese government decided this Monday extend the alert situation due to the risk of fire until Thursday end given the “critical situation”“from the neighboring country.
The weather is not helping either, as it is very unfavourable to the progress of these fires: the temperatures are very high for the time of year (over 30 degrees). And it will be like this until this Thursday, when temperatures begin to drop and on Friday a DANA arrives that could leave rain. Likewise, the humidity is very low, especially in the central hours of the day, which combine with wind gusts reaching 60 kilometers per hour.
Meanwhile, troops from European Union countries are working on the fires after the country activated the European protection mechanism: They sent eight air assets, including planes from Spain, Italy, Greece and France. The President of the European Commission spoke of pure EU “solidarity”.
Fires cause various traffic restrictionsFor this reason, the Civil Protection has advised against travelling to the affected areas, especially in the district of Aveiro. In addition, several trains have had to be suspended in the affected areas.
For this wave of fires, Four people have been arrested since Saturday and so far suspected of having caused these forest fires, according to the Portuguese media Publico. The Judicial Police and the National Republican Guard arrested this Monday a 47-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man, who join another 33-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man already detained this weekend.
