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Portugal asks EU for assistance as wildfire reaches residential area
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16/09/2024
Almost 1,600 firefighters have been deployed to fight fires in 20 different areas on Monday, as the country battles with high temperatures and strong winds.
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Portugal has requested assistance from the European Union as a series of wildfires reach
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residential areas across the country.
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Authorities have warned more than 100 municipalities are at extreme risk as emergency services
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struggle to control at least nine fires, made worse by high temperatures and wind.
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The situation is particularly critical in the Alentejo and Aveiro regions, where flames
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have consumed several houses and killed a firefighter.
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The Portuguese government has asked the EU Commission to activate its civil protection
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mechanism, which would provide Portugal with additional firefighters, water bombers and
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helicopters.
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It can also help by using satellite imagery from the Copernicus system, the Earth observation
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component of the EU's space programme, to track fires on the ground.
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Spain and France are sending firefighting aircraft to help tackle the flames.
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