According to estimates of Portuguese medical services At least seven people were injured in fires until Monday eveningincluding two firefighters.
The biggest fires occur in the northern part of the country and in the Alexejo region, in the Middle East of Portugal, where the air temperature has been exceeding 40 degrees C.
As a result of the element There are several routes impassableincluding the EN2 national road connecting the towns of Aljustrel and Castro Verde.
The head of firefighting action claim that apart from the heat The fighting with fire is also hindered by the gusty wind changing the direction of the emergency movement.
The services are ready to evacuate the population
The civil defense services reported that the fire in front of the northern approached several buildings. They announced readiness to start the evacuation of the local population.
A dangerous fire, for still unknown reasons, occurred on Monday late also in the area of the Lisbon airport, where a city transport bus burned on one of the streets. In a tragic event that resulted in the destruction of the vehicle, no one was injured.
