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By TPN/Lusa, in News · 11 Jun 2019, 14:03 · 2 Comments
According to the Portuguese Institute of nature Conservation and Forests, 43% of the area burnt was in forests, 46% brush and 11% farmland.
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Why no attempt to put these figures into some sort of context? Better than usual, worse, worst on record, worst since?
By Dave Reid from Beiras on 11 Jun 2019, 22:30
I saw a recent fire near my home north of castelo branco last week. There is still a lot of debris on the ground which should be cleared...
By Michael Saint from Beiras on 19 Jun 2019, 00:42