Alison Roberts
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The Claire Byrne Show · Infernos devastate forests as Europe's temperatures rise · 7 Jul 2026
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Over the weekend, we had two fires that were started.
They were eventually brought under control, but it's, it's a constant danger.
Well, the government did actually over the weekend request help from the European mechanism and they had extra aircraft coming in from Spain and Italy, also an emergency team from Spain.
So these sort of cross-border collaboration is quite common.
But of course, when you have a lot of countries cooperating,
facing the same problems, it can be difficult to juggle those resources.
At present, the situation is fairly well under control.
We only have 80 or so firefighters in action at active fires, but of course there are others keeping an eye on other situations, but it's not expected to improve and is expected indeed to worsen in the next day or so.
The last heatwave caused thousands of excess deaths in France alone, and this one is expected to last longer.
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Temperatures are forecast to climb all the way to southern England.
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In Portugal, more than a thousand firefighters are battling a blaze that started Thursday, injuring at least seven people.
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The government has activated the European Civil Protection Mechanism, sourcing four extra water-bombing planes and a military emergencies team from Spain.
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It's declared a state of alert through Monday, raising readiness and banning public access to forests and the use of machinery in them.
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Almost all of mainland Portugal is now at maximum or very high fire risk.
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For NPR News, I'm Alison Roberts in Lisbon.
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The last heat wave caused thousands of excess deaths in France alone, and this one is expected to last longer.
Temperatures are forecast to climb all the way to southern England.
In Portugal, more than 1,000 firefighters are battling a blaze that started Thursday, injuring at least seven people.
The government has activated the European Civil Protection Mechanism, sourcing four extra water-bombing planes and a military emergencies team from Spain.
It's declared a state of alert through Monday, raising readiness and banning public access to forests and the use of machinery in them.
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