A fire that has been consuming since Monday a forest zone in Fornos de Algodres suffered a “strong reactivation at night”, said today source of the Subregional Emergency Command and Civil Protection of Beiras and Serra da Estrela. We are already mobilizing more means, said the source, about 08:15, advancing that it was burning a “considerable area of forest”.
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03/11/2026
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Lusa
Um fire that has been consuming since Monday a forest zone in Fornos de Algodres suffered a “strong reactivation at night”, said today source of the Sub-regional Emergency Command and Civil Protection of Beiras and Serra da Estrela.
“ We are already mobilizing more means”, Lusa told the source, about 08:15, advancing that it was burning a “considerable area of bush”.
After the warning for this fire, in the Guard district, had been given at 10:50 p.m. on Monday, the fire came to be controlled, but suffered a “strong reactivation during the night”.
By 8:15, 125 operatives were on site aided by 38 vehicles from a dozen fire brigades.