The Portuguese firefighter suffered severe burns on Thursday in extinguishing one of several forest fireswhich are currently in the middle and northern part of Portugal. This was announced on Thursday by the Civil Protection Office, TASR reports based on Reuters report.
The incident occurred near the village of Valverd in the central part of the country. In the meantime, a video recording at least three firefighters appeared on the Internet they run away from increasingly intense flames driven by the wind. They moved away from their fire extinguisher, which immediately absorbed the fire. The injured firefighter was identified by the authorities as a driver of this car, while he was aid by the helicopter’s medical staff.
At the Forest Fires in Portugal, at least three people died this year. According to estimates in the European Fire Fire Information System (EFFIS) Since the beginning of the year, the flames have already burned 274,000 hectares of stands in this country, almost three times the annual average in 2006-2024.
As far as forest fires are concerned, the current year in Portugal is the worst since 2017, during which there are more than 100 people in the middle of the country in the middle of the country. Forest fires have burned a record area in the European Union countries since the beginning of this year – more than a million hectares. This is the highest number from the beginning of the collection of such data in 2006.
The most affected EU country is Spain in this respect, where the flames have already burned more than 400,000 hectares of stands, which represents Almost 40 percent of the overall burned area in the EU. Fires are there At the same time, they have so far claimed four human lives And still – even after the end of the 16 -day heats – are in the west and north of the country. The second most affected country is Portugal.
