According to Portuguese civil defense, Before midnight, the fire broke into the industrial zone in Chaves, occupying several storage halls and industrial plants. One of the objects destroyed by the element is the composition of heating wood.
The rescue operation of Artur Mota told the media that firefighters defend access to the city. He specified that the element had arrived along with the strong wind, moving from the Spanish side of the border.
Portuguese civil defense reported that in Chaves and its suburbs the fire had already digested over 5,000. hectares.
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, Portuguese firefighters fight 70 fires of agricultural forests and wasteland, the largest of which occur at the northern and north-eastern border with Spain.
In connection with the raging element, there are several national roads, including the route leading to the Serra da Estrel mountain massif, where several hundred people were evacuated in the evening. Among them are hotel guests in the town of Unhais da Serra popular among tourists.
Before midnight, due to a forest fire, one of the roads leading to Sintra, one of the biggest tourist attractions in the western suburbs of Lisbon, was closed.
