Inferno in Portugal spreads to Spain
Friday, August 2, 2013 @ 6:54 PM
FIREFIGHTERS in two countries are working round the clock to bring a massive 'international' inferno under control.
The blaze started at around 16.20hrs on Thursday in Cicouro, north-eastern Portugal, in the Miranda do Douro/Mirando del Duero district, which sits across the Portuguese-Spanish border.
By around 18.30hrs, the flames had spread 'abroad' into the western Spanish province of Zamora, to the small town of Fonfría – 15 kilometres from Cicouro.
Two Portuguese firefighters are in a critical condition in hospital and four others have suffered injuries, and the car belonging to the first two was completely burnt out.
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