Viewfinder: Confronting a Wildfire in Portugal

Pacific Standard Staff
August 11, 2017
A firefighter tackles a wildfire close to the village of Pucarica in Abrantes on August 10th, 2017.
A firefighter tackles a wildfire close to the village of Pucarica in Abrantes on August 10th, 2017. Nearly 3,000 firefighters battled 80 wildfires raging across Portugal civil protection officials said, as the return of scorching heat put an end to the respite after a spate of blazes. Some 650 firefighters backed by nine water-dropping aircraft and over 200 vehicles were at the scene of the biggest blaze in a forest near the central town of Abrantes.
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