Portugal forest fire: Drone footage shows burnt-out cars - VIDEO

  20 June 2017    Read: 4576
Portugal forest fire: Drone footage shows burnt-out cars - VIDEO
Twelve people survived one of Portugal's deadliest fires by seeking refuge in a water tank after access to their village was cut off by the blaze.
The residents, including a disabled 95-year-old woman, spent more than six hours in the tank as the fire prevented them from being rescued.

"If it wasn't for this, we would all have died," one of the survivors said.

The fires, which police believe were started by lightning, killed 63 people, many of them dying in their cars.

The latest of the victims was identified as a 40-year-old firefighter who died in hospital.

Residents in some areas of central Portugal were still being evacuated as more than 1,000 firefighters tackled the blaze, which continued to rage on several fronts on Monday despite light rain.




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