Portugal faces severe wildfires fuelled by record heat and strong winds

Nearly 2,000 firefighters have been deployed to contain fires burning across northern and central Portugal. Wildfires there have burned about 216,000 hectares (533,747 acres) of land. Al Jazeera's Sonia Gallego reports from one of the hardest-hit areas. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://x.com/ajenglish Find us on Facebook:   / aljazeera   Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com Check out our Instagram page:   / aljazeeraenglish   Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Portugal #PortugalWildfires #Europe #Wildfires #WildfireEmergency #Heatwave #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #ExtremeWeather #IberianPeninsula #AlJazeeraEnglish