“The next week will be difficult,” said Mary Lucia Amaral interior minister.
Portugal and Spain are already affected by several forest fires of the last few days. On Saturday, hundreds of firefighters are still going through more fires in Portugal, according to the civil protection agency.
“The government declared the state of readiness for the entire country,” it was published in its statement that specifies that the state of readiness relates to the period from midnight from Sunday to the end of Thursday.
The decision includes a ban on the ignition of fire, the use of pyrotechnics and even stays in some forest areas.
More than 25,700 hectares burned in Portugal since the beginning of the year, he published a European system for information on forest fires.
On the other side of the border, in the Spanish Galicia, firefighters fight a fire in the city of Vilardevos. The Pyreneean Peninsula is difficult to hit heat waves and droughts that encourage forest fires.
(Vijesti.ba / Hina)
