According to the European Commission, "no request has yet been made to activate the European Civil Protection Mechanism," but the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) has requested satellite imagery for the fires affecting the municipalities of Arouca, in the Aveiro district, and Ponte da Barca, in the Viana do Castelo district.

Around 3,000 security and rescue forces were mobilized early this afternoon to fight the flames in different districts. The rural fire in Arouca (which broke out on Monday and spread to the municipality of Castelo de Paiva) is the one mobilizing the most resources, with more than 770 operatives.

In Ponte da Barca, the fire that has been raging since Saturday in the Peneda-Gerês National Park and is currently mobilizing nearly 400 firefighters, spread this morning to the municipality of Terras de Bouro, in the district of Braga.

The Secretary of State for Civil Protection, Rui Rocha, stated today that the government is doing everything necessary to ensure the availability of 76 aerial resources, insisting that the contribution of these resources to extinguishing fires depends on the characteristics of the fires.

Much of the northern and central interior of the country is currently at maximum risk of rural fires, according to data from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).

The forecast mainly covers the municipalities of Bragança, Vila Real, Viseu, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, and Santarém.

According to the IPMA, the maximum risk of rural fires will continue in the coming days in the same regions, worsening in some municipalities in the Algarve.