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According to the Viseu District Relief and Operations Command (CDOS), the fire is still active and the wind makes fighting the flames difficult.
The same source explained that there is a reinforcement of resources in the theater of operations.
At 11:15 pm, 446 operatives were at the site supported by 150 vehicles, according to the website of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority.
A 41-year-old firefighter died today while fighting this fire in the municipality of Oliveira de Frades, where the national commander of Civil Protection, Duarte da Costa, called for “zero tolerance in the use of fire.”
According to the page of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority, around 11:15 pm there were two active fires in the scrub area of the Braga district, in the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto, which involved 31 operations supported by seven vehicles, and in Celorico de Basto, with 49 operations and 15 vehicles.
In the Coimbra district, a forest fire in the town of Bustelim has 33 operational sites on the ground, supported by ten vehicles.
In the municipality of Montalegre, in the Vila Real district, a forest fire is being fought by 83 operations supported by 21 vehicles.
(News updated at 11:35 pm)
