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Portugal registers 70 municipalities in "maximum" fire danger level-

LISBON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Portugal registers 70 municipalities in northern and central regions of the country in "maximum danger of rural fire," the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) reported on Sunday.

A 70-year-old English woman was found dead yesterday (4 August) afternoon in the town of Benaciate, parish of São Bartolomeu de Messines, in the municipality...

One person has been seriously injured today following a collision between a bus and a light vehicle this morning near Boliqueime, in the municipality of...

10 injured in Portugal heatwave-induced fire-

A man has died this morning (10 July) following an urban fire in an apartment block in Montechoro, Albufeira, the District Command for Relief Operations (CDOS)...

LISBON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Portugal recorded 32 outbreaks of forest fires on Sunday, more than 2,000 operational agents are fighting in several municipalities in the country, according to the National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection.

Portugal to enter "contingency situation" to fight wild fires caused by heat wave-

Mr Binney Boama, the District Commander, Ghana National Fire Service (GHFS), Sege Command, has called for the immediate relocation of the service from the civilian zone to a demarcated security zone in the district. "We are a security regiment, located on the same compound within a civilian-controlled environment at the…

Four major fires continue to rage this morning in mainland Portugal, in the districts of Guarda, Bragança, Aveiro and Santarém.