Hundreds of firefighters on Tuesday battled a wildfire that has burned for four days in southern Portugal, which like neighbouring Spain is sweltering in a heatwave that has triggered widespread weather alerts.
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Dramatic images show plumes of smoke rising above poolside sunbeds near the Algarve, as infernos raged in the distance, before a hotel was reportedly engulfed on Saturday.
A huge blaze that erupted over the weekend, razing thousands of hectares of forest in southern Portugal, is now under control though authorities said firefighters would remain on the ground as a.
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