A bomber plane fighting forest fires in Portugal crashed early Friday near Vila Nova de Foz Coa, in the Guarda region, in the north of the country, killing the pilot, its sole occupant, Civil Protection announced.
“At this time we do not have details about what happened,” the national commander of Civil Protection, André Fernandes, previously told the media.
In Portugal, more than 2,000 firefighters were still working this Friday to try to put out four large fires in the north and center. According to civil protection, these fires left one dead and around 60 injured.
Since the beginning of 2022, just over 30,000 hectares have burned in Portugal, the highest figure on July 15 since 2017, a year marked by deadly forest fires that killed a hundred people.
Source: BFM TV
