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Twenty-Five Concelhos in Five Districts Land Maximum Wildfire Risk on 8 June — IPMA Rates Faro, Portalegre, Santarém, Castelo Branco and Bragança Top of the Scale With Interior and South Held in Very-Elevated Brackets Through the Coming Weekend

Twenty-Five Concelhos in Five Districts Land Maximum Wildfire Risk on 8 June — IPMA Rates Faro, Portalegre, Santarém, Castelo Branco and Bragança Top of the Scale With Interior and South Held in Very-Elevated Brackets Through the Coming Weekend

The Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere, IPMA) put 25 mainland concelhos across five districts in the top band of its Perigo de Incêndio Rural (Rural Fire Danger, PIR) tape on Monday 8 June 2026,...
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Civil Protection's DECIR Charlie Phase Brings 13,335 Operatives, 78 Aircraft and Two Black Hawks Into the Field From 1 June — Rural Fires More Than Doubled Year-on-Year to 2,780 With Norte Carrying 9,079 Hectares Burnt

Civil Protection's DECIR Charlie Phase Brings 13,335 Operatives, 78 Aircraft and Two Black Hawks Into the Field From 1 June — Rural Fires More Than Doubled Year-on-Year to 2,780 With Norte Carrying 9,079 Hectares Burnt

Portugal's rural-fire fighting stack stepped up to a second 2026 reinforcement on Monday 1 June, with the Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil (National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority — ANEPC) formally entering 'nível...
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DECIR 2026 Lands in Alentejo Central With 393 Operacionais and 99 Vehicles for the July-September Delta Phase — Maria João Rosado Reads One Light Bomber Helicopter Into Évora From 15 May, Estremoz Public Presentation Tomorrow

DECIR 2026 Lands in Alentejo Central With 393 Operacionais and 99 Vehicles for the July-September Delta Phase — Maria João Rosado Reads One Light Bomber Helicopter Into Évora From 15 May, Estremoz Public Presentation Tomorrow

DECIR 2026 fields 393 operacionais and 99 vehicles in Alentejo Central for the 1 July-30 September Delta peak, with one light bomber helicopter based in Évora from 15 May. Commander Maria João Rosado presents the device publicly in Estremoz on 12 May.
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