Portugal continues to battle wave of wildfires

Описание: (13 Aug 2025)
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Casal do Monte, Trancoso - 13 August 2025
1. Sun covered by smoke
2. Tilt-down from sun to house
3. Various of firefighters battling flames
4. Locals helping extinguish flames
5. Locals driving car carrying water to another fire front
6. Woman wearing mask, carrying water
7. Various of locals
8. Fire burning
9. Fire trucks driving by
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jaime Dias, local resident:
"Since six in the morning I haven't stopped. I ate just a bit and had a coffee and nothing else."
11. Local battling fire
12. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jaime Dias, local resident:
"The night? Nobody will sleep. This is starting all again. In the morning, next to my brother's house, we helped fight the fire and now it's kicking off again. A fire engine was there. It's starting again, all over."
13. People running to house, smoke rising in background
14. People watering land around house to prevent fire from spreading
15. Various of army bulldozer helping to create clean areas to stop fire from spreading
16. Various of helicopter collecting water from nearby tank
17. Helicopter dropping water
STORYLINE:
About 3,000 firefighters continued to battle a series of wildfires across Portugal on Wednesday as fires intensified across southern Europe.

More than 700 firefighters were deployed to control a fire in the municipality of Trancoso, about 350 kilometers (217 miles) northeast of Lisbon.

The blaze started on the weekend and intensified due to strong winds and high temperatures.

The country is under a state of alert until Friday in light of the extreme risk of wildfires.

Firefighting resources were stretched thin in many affected countries as they battled multiple outbreaks following weeks of heat waves and temperature spikes across the Mediterranean region.

AP Video by Helena Alves

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