Former Interior Minister Maria Lúcia Amaral, in her first post-resignation interview on RTP Antena 1's Ponto de Interrogação podcast aired 9 June, says she stepped down after losing the authority to govern when the 2025 wildfires and Tempestade Kristin 'escaped' her.
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,...
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...
Manuel Jorge Valamatos warns 66 rural fires year-to-date make 2026 Médio Tejo's third-worst start since 2016. Storm-felled trees still blocking forest paths in Ourém, Sardoal, Abrantes and Ferreira do Zêzere threaten the 90-minute ataque inicial window.
The Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil moves Portugal's rural-fire dispositivo to Nível Bravo on Friday 15 May, locking in the first major escalation of the 2026 fire-season posture. Under the activated level, the Dispositivo...
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.
ANEPC's national commander told parliament this week that ten senior commanders have left in 18 months — even as the Interior Ministry warns of a 'terrible summer' of fire risk. The brain drain and the fuel load are colliding.
