PORTUGAL Fires generate panic from north to south

PORTUGAL  went through yesterday the worst day of the year the map of the fires, with more than 300 fires. From north to south, thousands of firefighters did not have his hands full trying to save the homes in distress and the Portuguese forests. Last night, 17 fires, which mobilized about 700 firefighters were still in control in the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Oporto, Aveiro, Setúbal and ViseuThe North was more battered the area, with people living moments of panic about the approaching flames of the houses. In Peach Valley, Arrifana, St ª Maria da Feira, five seniors, some bedridden, had to be removed from homes due to the threat of fire.

In the town of Fontão in Albergaria-a-Velha, a firefighter of 29 years, the corporation of Vagos, suffered food poisoning while fighting a fire and had to be transported to the Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Aveiro.
On the escarpment of the Port, the residents of the parish of the Cathedral, where there was a fire that threatened several homes, lived yesterday afternoon moments of great tension, when they saw the flames a few feet from home.The flames came to consume a dozen empty houses and whistled the escarpment.
'Never been so scared in my life. I thought I would lose my house and everything I had inside. The flames still hit a wall ', told Correio da Manha Rosaria Jesus, a resident of the houses that were at risk.

'And looks like hell the air was suffocating'

Zones Rebordelo, Parada, Canedo, Valley, Peach Valley and Serralves, Santa Maria da Feira, firefighters battled all day, a fire that reached major proportions and that not only consumed homes thanks to the tireless efforts of 12 corporations of firefighters, backed up with helicopters and Canadair.

Correio da Manha