Summer wildfires sweeping Portugal blazed in three natural parks Wednesday with around 1,500 firefighters called in to battle nearly 30 significant fires, the civil defence agency said. Strong winds whipped up fires that have swept through Portugal since late July with two firefighters killed this week, including a 21-year-old woman who became encircled by flames. By late Wednesday, 28 "significant" fires were burning, mostly in the north and centre of the country, and 1,500 firefighters were mobilised to put them out, the civil defence agency said on its website.
Strong winds whipped up fires that have swept through Portugal since late July with two firefighters killed this week, including a 21-year-old woman who became encircled by flames.
By late Wednesday, 28 "significant" fires were burning, mostly in the north and centre of the country, and 1,500 firefighters were mobilised to put them out, the civil defence agency said on its website.
