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LISBON, Aug 15 (Xinhua) — Nearly 75,000 hectares of land have been burned in Portugal since the start of the year, with over half of the total lost in the past three weeks alone, according to provisional data released on Thursday by the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF), reported Xinhua.
The burned area is Portugal’s second-largest since 2017.
The ICNF reported 5,998 rural fires to date, which have consumed 74,931 hectares of land – 50 per cent scrubland, 40 per cent forest, and 10 per cent farmland. In the past 24 hours alone, flames have ravaged over 11,000 hectares. Compared with the same period last year, the number of fires has risen 72 per cent, while the area burned is nine times larger.
Satellite data from the European Forest Fire Information System rank Portugal as the third most affected country in the European Union this year, behind Spain and Romania.
At 2.50 pm on Thursday, the National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection reported 46 active wildfires in mainland Portugal.
The government has maintained a national alert status since Aug 2 due to extreme wildfire risk. With over 120 municipalities in the North, Centre, and Algarve regions now at maximum danger level, the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere said authorities are considering extending the alert.
Interior Minister Maria Lucia Amaral warned conditions will deteriorate further on Friday, with dry thunderstorms and strong convective winds expected – the same weather factors that fuelled Portugal’s deadly 2017 wildfires. She said the alert allows for increased night patrols to curb new outbreaks, noting the rare occurrence of 22 consecutive days of heatwave and major wildfires – a situation last seen in 2003 and 2005.
So far this year, 213 firefighters have been injured in the line of duty, including 112 in the past three weeks, according to the Portuguese Firefighters League.
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LISBON, Aug 15 (Xinhua) — Nearly 75,000 hectares of land have been burned in Portugal since the start of the year, with over half of the total lost in the past three weeks alone, according to provisional data released on Thursday by the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF), reported Xinhua.
The burned area is Portugal’s second-largest since 2017.
The ICNF reported 5,998 rural fires to date, which have consumed 74,931 hectares of land – 50 per cent scrubland, 40 per cent forest, and 10 per cent farmland. In the past 24 hours alone, flames have ravaged over 11,000 hectares. Compared with the same period last year, the number of fires has risen 72 per cent, while the area burned is nine times larger.
Satellite data from the European Forest Fire Information System rank Portugal as the third most affected country in the European Union this year, behind Spain and Romania.
At 2.50 pm on Thursday, the National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection reported 46 active wildfires in mainland Portugal.
The government has maintained a national alert status since Aug 2 due to extreme wildfire risk. With over 120 municipalities in the North, Centre, and Algarve regions now at maximum danger level, the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere said authorities are considering extending the alert.
Interior Minister Maria Lucia Amaral warned conditions will deteriorate further on Friday, with dry thunderstorms and strong convective winds expected – the same weather factors that fuelled Portugal’s deadly 2017 wildfires. She said the alert allows for increased night patrols to curb new outbreaks, noting the rare occurrence of 22 consecutive days of heatwave and major wildfires – a situation last seen in 2003 and 2005.
So far this year, 213 firefighters have been injured in the line of duty, including 112 in the past three weeks, according to the Portuguese Firefighters League.
–BERNAMA-XINHUA
BERNAMA provides up-to-date authentic and comprehensive news and information which are disseminated via BERNAMA Wires; www.bernama.com; BERNAMA TV on Astro 502, unifi TV 631 and MYTV 121 channels and BERNAMA Radio on FM93.9 (Klang Valley), FM107.5 (Johor Bahru), FM107.9 (Kota Kinabalu) and FM100.9 (Kuching) frequencies.
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