According to information available on the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) website, a total of 1,770 personnel were involved in fighting the fires, of which 671 were in fires still “in progress”, 553 in fires already “in resolution” and 543 in fires “in conclusion”.

The fire that was still under way and that mobilised more resources at 9:30 am today was the one that broke out on Sunday in Samardã, in the municipality of Vila Real, where 442 people were, supported by 128 vehicles and seven aerial vehicles.

According to the District Commander of Rescue Operations (CODIS) of Vila Real, Miguel Fonseca, “the fire remains active, with three fronts, although one of them presents greater concern".

In the municipality of Mesão Frio, also a district of Vila Real, 82 people were fighting the fire that broke out at 15:00 on Sunday, in the town of Rojão do Meio, supported by 21 vehicles and three aerial means.

In the municipality of Monção, district of Viana do Castelo, the fire that broke out at 15:30 on Sunday in the parish of Troporiz and Lapela was being fought by 98 elements, supported by 30 vehicles.

In Ourém, district of Santarém, the fire that raised concerns on Sunday and which is already being resolved, 257 elements remained, supported by 86 vehicles and an air vehicle.

In the fire in Alenquer, district of Lisbon, the fire that started on Sunday and which by 09:00 was “in conclusion”, 144 elements remained, supported by 49 vehicles.

In Bragança, in the Carrazeda de Ansiães fire, which according to Civil Protection is also “under resolution”, 109 elements remained on the ground, supported by 37 vehicles and an air vehicle.

The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) has today put more than 100 municipalities in the districts of Bragança, Vila Real, Porto, Aveiro, Viseu, Coimbra, Leiria, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Santarém, Portalegre and Faro at maximum risk of fire.

Dozens of other municipalities in all districts of mainland Portugal are in very high and high danger of rural fire.