Firefighters and local residents struggled on Tuesday to tackle raging wildfires that have consumed large swathes of forest in Portugal and Spain, claiming the lives of four emergency workers. ALAGOA, Portugal: Firefighters and local residents struggled on Tuesday to tackle raging wildfires that have consumed large swathes of forest in Portugal and Spain, claiming the lives of four emergency workers. “This cursed fire won’t give us a break and seems hellbent on destroying everything in its path,” said Manuel Pinto, a resident of Povoa in central Portugal who was beating back the flames with a branch alongside exhausted firefighters. A volunteer firefighter who tackled the same blaze as a female colleague killed last week in the mountains of central Portugal has died from his injuries, his commander Carlos Coelho said on Tuesday. The 23-year-old’s death brings the number of emergency responders killed in Portugal’s August fires to four. A spokesman for the Portuguese ministry of defence said on Tuesday that the army is ready to intervene if the situation worsens. More than 800 firefighters were mobilised in Portugal to tackle the blazes, which have intensified overnight due to high winds. In central Portugal, desperate residents also helped as the blazes… Read full this story
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