Portugal was the second country in the European Union (EU) most affected by forest fires in 2020, with 67,170 hectares of burned area and 9,619 forest fires.
Professional firefighters have scheduled strikes for November 11 and 12, to challenge the proposed State Budget for 2022, which "completely forgot" about them.
Several people have been preventively evacuated from Pego dos Negros, Amendoeira and Marroquil due to the fire in the municipality of Castro Marim, Faro, which.
Fifty municipalities in the interior of the North and Centere and in the Algarve are currently at maximum risk of fire, at a time when temperatures will.