Portugal's firefighters have mastered most of the deadly forest fires in the north of the country, according to official data ...

Portugal has declared three days of mourning for the 62 victims of one of the country's deadliest forest fires. Four children are among the victims, many of whom were found dead inside their cars ...

“The forest fires which have been burning in Portugal over the last few days are now being brought under control by the ...

And natural fire fuels that usually stop growing during ... Another problem for the management of eucalyptus is that the almost all forest in Portugal is in the hands of the private sector ...

This it traces back to the government's failure to implement fully a forest fire protection plan proposed more than 10 years ago. That may have been compounded by Portugal's debt crisis ...

The death toll from two weeks of record blazes rose to 16 when a firefighter, who had been burned in a forest fire in central Portugal last week, died of his injuries late Wednesday night.

Governments and forest managers must take urgent action to prevent further catastrophic fires. Lisbon, 6 December - WWF and research institute Centro de Ecologia Aplicada (CEABN/ISA) today released a ...

Athens' Parthenon in solidarity with Portugal. A large-scale tragedy felt all over Europe. Over 1,700 firefighters continued to battled a large-scale forest fire Monday in Portugal that has ...

Portugal entered a state of alert due to the ... in forest areas previously defined in the Municipal Plans for Forest Fire Defence, as well as in forest paths, rural roads and other routes ...

but a reader – and volunteer firefighter – from Portugal aimed to prove us wrong. Meet the Jacinto Veiculo Florestal de Combate a Incêndio (VFCI), which translates to Forest Fire Fighting ...

Fire and smoke are seen during a forest fire in Mega Fungueira, in central Portugal, June 18, 2017. (Photo Courtesy, REUTERS) A huge forest fire raging since Saturday in central Portugal has ...

Almost all people in Portugal (99%) support measures to combat climate change, with 66% considering it a priority, reveals the latest European ...