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Portugal : Wild Fire : 2017/06/17
GLIDE: WF-2017-000073-PRT  DRR & Disaster Information

Duration 2017/06/17
Country
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District
Portugal
Name Wild Fire
Outline Deadly forest fires starting on 17 June 2017 in the village of Escalos Fundeiros has swept through central Portugal killing at least 62.

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Personal Injury Material Damage Others

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Report/Articles
  • DG ECHO 2017/06/21
    Local media reported, as of 21 June at 7.00 UTC, that 64 people have died and 150 people were injured in Leiria district over 18-19 June. Hundreds of people were evacuated in several villages of Gois municipality on 20 June.
  • IFRC 2017/06/19
    The forest fire has killed at least 62, injuring 62 and displacing some 200 people to date.
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