
Portugal areas scorched by forest fires ‘look like warzone’
At least 63 people have died – many of them in their cars while trying to flee – in a raging forest fire that has destroyed large swaths of land and many buildings in central Portugal.
At least 63 people have died – many of them in their cars while trying to flee – in a raging forest fire that has destroyed large swaths of land and many buildings in central Portugal.
Thick, billowing smoke is preventing aircraft from dropping water on the blaze.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Stancl reports.
Published On 20 Jun 2017