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Locals
try to extinguish a wildfire approaching houses in Santiago de
Besteiros, near Caramulo, central Portugal, early on August 30, 2013.
(AFP Photo/Patricia de Melo Moreira)
Firefighters
battled wildfires on Friday in Portugal where they have claimed five
lives and tamed another major blaze in northern Spain, officials said.
In
Portugal, some 1,400 firefighters backed by Spanish and French aircraft
were battling a series of fires that have ravaged thousands of hectares
of forest in the north and centre of the country.
Locals helped
fight Portugal's main fire in the central Caramulo mountain range,
tipping buckets of water or beating it with branches. Others stood by
amazed, holding rags over their mouths to shield them from the smoke.
"I've
never seen such a fierce fire. Everything is covered in soot. It is
going to be difficult to continue living here," said Maria Sousa, 66, a
local resident.
Locals
shout as they try to extinguish a wildfire in Caramulo, central
Portugal on August 29, 2013. Five Portuguese mountain villages were
evacuated overnight as forest fires intensified in the country's north
and centre, officials said today. As many as 1,400 firefighters were
dispatched Thursday to tackle the blaze in the mountains and another
raging further north in the national park of Alvao, where 2,000 hectares
(4,900 acres) of pine forest have already been destroyed, according to
the local mayor. PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP/Getty Images
Firefighters
works at the site of a wildfire O Rosal near Pontevedra, on August 29,
2013. Spain is prone to forest fires in summer because of soaring
temperatures, strong winds and dry vegetation. Last year wildfires
destroyed some 150,000 hectares of land in Spain from January to July,
after one of the driest winters on record. PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/Getty
Images
Flames
and smoke rise into the air as a firefighters works at the site of a
wildfire in Lousame, near A Coruna, on August 29, 2013. Spain is prone
to forest fires in summer because of soaring temperatures, strong winds
and dry vegetation. Last year wildfires destroyed some 150,000 hectares
of land in Spain from January to July, after one of the driest winters
on record. PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/Getty Images
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