Huge Portugal forest fire kills 25, injures 16
About 60 forest fires broke out in central Portugal, killing at least 62 people (AFP Photo/PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA)/ Lisbon (AFP) - A huge forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 25 people and injured 16 others, most of them burning to death in their cars, the government said Sunday. Several hundred firefighters and 160 vehicles were dispatched late Saturday to tackle the blaze, which broke out in the afternoon in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande before spreading fast across several fronts. "Unfortunately this seems to be the ...
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