For the firefighters on Maui, it's been a grim and gruelling week and they are still tackling new outbreaks of fire, sparked from smouldering wreckage. I find several of them chatting at the side of the road.
Been battling a large wildfire which is threatening to spread towards the popular tourist destination of the algarve. more than 20,000 acres of land have been ravaged by fire over the last four days because of high temperatures and strong wind. our correspondencejenny hill reports. correspondence jenny hill reports. you correspondencejenny hill reports. you can see the devastation caused by the fire. they reckon some 40 square miles were consumed in the five days that it has been burning. if you come round with me you can see the earth is still smouldering in places with smoke drifting across the valley. we saw a lot of smouldering at the side of the road and even flames at one point as we drove up here. down the valley there is a town where residents will be feeling extremely relieved this morning forced up the fire reached almost to the very edge of that town. we passed by its outskirts some small burned out buildings but the town itself has escaped the
More than 20,000 acres of land have been ravaged by the fire over the last four days, because of high temperatures and strong winds. 0ur correspondentjenny hill reports from 0deceixe. you can see the devastation caused by this fire, they reckon some a0 square miles were consumed in the five days now that it has been burning. if you come around with me you can see that actually the earth here is still smouldering in places. smoke drifting across the valley. we saw a lot of that smouldering going on at the side of the road and even some flames at one point as we drove up here. down the valley there, is the town of 0deceixe and the residents there i think this morning will be feeling extremely relieved. the fire reached almost to the very edge of that town. we passed on its outskirts and there were very small burned out buildings but of the town itself has escaped the fire.
Of the algarve. let s speak to our correspondentjenny hill. we can see some of the damage and further concerns in the days ahead. we are outside a small town in the south. you can see plenty of smoke. you can see the devastation behind me. i had spent the night trying to bring the fire under control. they are focusing on the southern front of the fire. it has been banning into its big day. the fire broke out on saturday. you can see around me that charred and blackened landscape. it s in the had been smouldering. bits of the earth. a strong smell in the air. they reckon around 40 square miles of land have been destroyed by this fire. if you look down into the valley behind me you might be able to make out
Act like ngos like us, but for sure it is not the responsibility of society to rescue people in distress, this is the responsibility of governments. of governments. thank you for “oininu of governments. thank you for joining us. of governments. thank you for joining us, lukas of governments. thank you for joining us, lukas kaldenhoff. l of governments. thank you for l joining us, lukas kaldenhoff. we will keep across what is happening in lampedusa throughout the day. hundreds of firefighters in portugal have been battling a large wildfire, which is threatening to spread towards the popular tourist destination of the algarve. more than 20,000 acres of land have been ravaged by the fire over the last four days, because of high temperatures and strong winds. 0ur correspondentjenny hill reports from 0deceixe. you can see the devastation caused by this fire, they reckon some a0 square miles were consumed in the five days now that it has been burning. if you come around with me you ca