The six municipalities covered by the Serra da Estrela Natural Park (PNSE) today demanded that a "state of calamity" be declared, due to the fire that hit the.
Firefighters in Spain s Zaragoza region evacuated the town of Anon de Moncayo on Sunday as a nearby wildfire began burning out of control, threatening their homes.
Organisers suspended the Medusa Festival, a huge five-day electronic music festival held over six days in the east coast town of Cullera south of Valencia, after the horrific 4am sandstorm.
The rural fire that has been raging since Saturday in Serra
da Estrela, in the Centre region, continues to involve more than 1,500
personnel this morning.
Two of the five firefighters injured when their vehicle
overturned while it was fighting the fire that started Saturday in the
municipality of Covilhã,.