A firefighter monitors the progression of a wildfire at Amendoa, in Macao, Portugal, on 21 July 2019. Photo: Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP / Getty

Photo gallery: Wildfires rage in Central Portugal, July 2019

By Alan Taylor 23 July 2019 (The Atlantic) – Over the past few days in Portugal’s Castelo Branco region, strong winds and temperatures greater than 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) have driven devastating wildfires through several villages, destroying structures and injuring 39 people. Nearly 2,000 firefighters worked to bring the three major fires largely […]

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