Portugal has been plagued for several days by scorching temperatures and a series of fires. More than 900 firefighters mobilized to fight the fire.
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A water bomber plane that was fighting forest fires in Portugal crashed in the early evening of Friday July 15 near Vila Nova de Foz Coa, in the Guarda region in the north of the country. The accident caused the death of the pilot, its only occupant, announced civil protection.
The aircraft was a medium-sized, FireBoss-type aircraft. “It is with great dismay that I learned of the death of the pilot of the plane which crashed while fighting a fire”reacted the Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa on his account Twitter.
Foi com grande consternação que tomei conhecimento do falecimento do piloto que operava uma aeronave que caiu esta tarde no combate ao incêndio em Torre de Moncorvo.
Endereço as mais sentidas condolências à família e amigos.— António Costa (@antoniocostapm) July 15, 2022
In this country plagued for a week with scorching temperatures and a series of fires, the emergency services identified a dozen active fires on Friday evening, which mobilized more than 900 firefighters. In northern Portugal, one of the most worrying fires was raging in the municipality of Baiao, a hilly area in the Porto region, upstream from the Douro, the great river that crosses it.