Portugal’s criminal police opened an investigation on the wildfires, internal administration minister Eduardo Cabrita told reporters. He said that local authorities found it strange that all the blazes started between 1430 local time (1330 GMT) and 1530 local time (1430 GMT) on Saturday around the same area. “We are ready for a difficult day,” Belo Costa, a Civil Protection official, told reporters. Twelve civilians and eight firefighters were injured in Saturday’s fires, Cabrita said. In June 2017, a devastating wildfire in the central town of Pedrogao Grande killed 64 people and injured more than 250.

Source: National Post July 21, 2019 09:45 UTC