In the county of Leiria, according to recent reports, about 135 people were injured. According to UDG TV, the authorities do not exclude that the number of victims can be much greater.
At the same time, the authorities assured that today more than a thousand firefighters are fighting with forest fires. At the moment, rescuers managed to take control of about 70% of the territory covered by the fire.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, previously reported that as a result of forest fires 121 civilians were injured, 13 firefighters and one military. According to physicians, the majority received minor injuries, and 28 people went to hospitals. The rest received medical care on the spot.