High temperatures, an entire village evacuated to Portugal

Fires from high temperatures in Portugal do not stop for 10 days now, according to the Civil Protection Agency in the north are causing great concern.

In Braganca, a region near the border with Spain, flames spread to Portuguese territory from a fire of origin in Spanish soil, where an entire village had to be evacuated, writes the AP, broadcast Klankosova.tv.

Despite temperatures beginning to drop in Portugal, they still remain very high and close to 40 degrees in some internal regions.

Portugal has been hit especially hard by fires this week. More than 3,000 firefighters fought fires along with ordinary Portuguese citizens desperate to save their homes from several fires that broke out across the country, driven by extreme temperatures and drought conditions.

Portuguese state television RTP reported on Friday that the burned zone this year has already exceeded total for 2021.

More than 30,000 hectares of land have been burned, he said, mostly in the past week.