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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eleanor Noyce

Portugal weather forecast as wildfires spread to Algarve amid 46C heatwave

EPA

Hundreds of firefighters have scrambled to put out wildfires now raging in Portugal as temperatures topped 46C during the country’s third heatwave of the year.

The blaze began on Saturday in the municipality of Odemira, in the Alentejo region, but it has now spread south towards the Algarve.

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