In Spain and Portugal, the fight against forest fires raging since the beginning of August.
fires are the most large -scale, recorded during the entire observation in these countries.
According to the European system of forest fires (EFFIS), a territory of more than 344 thousand hectares has burned out in Spain, and in Portugal – in Portuguese. 216 thousand hectares.
In Spain, large-scale forest fires covered over 40 districts in the north and south of the country.
in a number of settlements more than 8 thousand people were forced to spend the last night outside their houses. countries.
In Portugal, more than 2300 firefighters are fighting large foci of fire in 9 regions of the country.
according to Effis estimates, the highest ratio of fire area to the total area of the country in the European Union. countries.