This is on Sunday, June 18, Twitter informs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The report says that a big fire is raging in Portugal.
Dozens of victims among the population. At the same time, the consul informs that there are no Ukrainians among the injured.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the number of deaths as a result of forest fires in Portugal reached 57, 59 more people were injured and taken to hospitals, five of them in serious condition. Police said that perhaps the cause of the fire was lightning, trapped in a tree.
Officials note that perhaps this fire is the most deadly single forest fire in Portugal. President of the country Marcelo Rebelo de Souza visited the place of the tragedy at night and expressed his condolences. The country declared a three-day mourning.