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Portugal asks for EU help as wildfires continue to rage
STORY: :: Portugal requests help from the EU as deadly wildfires continue to rage :: September 17, 2024:: Talhadas, Portugal :: Strasbourg, France:: Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President”Portugal has triggered the civil protection mechanism, this is basically the solidarity of all of Europe to support as much as possible in kind at the moment of being of crisis the member state.”More than 1,000 firefighters worked through the night to control a cluster of four blazes in the northwestern Aveiro district.Reuters footage showed local residents pouring buckets of water on advancing flames near the town of Nelas about 31 miles (50 km) east of Aveiro.There were 48 active wildfires in mainland Portugal mobilizing around 5,000 firefighters.National emergency and civil protection commander Andre Fernandes said late on Monday the Aveiro fires could engulf a further 49,000 acres.Authorities have closed several motorways, including a stretch of the main highway linking Lisbon and Porto, and suspended train connections on two railroad lines in northern Portugal.
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