Portugal Appeals To Europe For Help Fighting Wildfires

CINFAES, PORTUGAL - SEPTEMBER 17: General view of the fire at Oliveira do Douro on September 17, 2024 in Cinfaes, Portugal. Portugal has asked the EU to send more fire-fighting planes to help control and extinguish the numerous blazes raging in the central and northern regions of the country. Houses have been burned on the edge of the town of Albergaria-a-Velha and more than 800 firefighters are battling the fire and three others in the northwestern Aveiro district. Police have shut motorways, including a stretch of the main highway between Lisbon and Porto. (Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images)