Fires: retirement home evacuated in Portugal, some motorways closed in France. PHOTO

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Other countries, besides Italy, continue to deal with fires. In Portugal and Francein the past few hours, large forest fires have developed (in the photo, the fire in Portugal)

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People stand outside their houses watching the progression of a wildfire in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)

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In Portugal, a large forest fire developed north of Lisbon, a Mafra

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This image taken from a car window along a highway on July 31, 2022, shows thick white smoke from a fire near Aubais, southern France. - According to the French Interior Minister, the fire has taken out 200 hectares and injured four firefighters. (Photo by Benjamin GALY / AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN GALY / AFP via Getty Images)

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In France especially the region of the Gard

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MAFRA, PORTUGAL - JULY 31: A large plume of smoke is seen at a forest fire being fought by 321 firefighters, 84 vehicles and 9 specialized aircraft on July 31, 2022 in Mafra, Portugal. The rise in temperatures this weekend is causing a new wave of forest fires in the country, especially in the central and northern regions. The fires that most concern the authorities this Sunday afternoon are active in the municipalities of OurÃ © m, Mafra and PaÃ§os de Ferreira, with some 700 firefighters and 20 aerial means fighting them. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos # Corbis / Corbis via Getty Images)

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The fires are also fueled by high temperature (in the photo, the fire in Portugal)

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TOPSHOT - A boy stands at his house's front door watching the progression of a wildfire in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)

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In Mafra about thirty guests from a retirement home were evacuated for preventive purposes, a Portuguese civil protection commander told Renascença radio

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A firefighter stand in the middle of a burnt forest during a wildfire at the village of Asseiceira Pequena in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)

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To put out the flames they went into action about 400 firefighters with five aircraft, added civil protection

TOPSHOT - A firefighter tackles a wildfire at the village of Asseiceira Pequena in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)

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Residents tried to slow the advance of the flames throwing wateras the fire progressed in the nearby forests

TOPSHOT - People stand outside their houses watching the progression of a wildfire in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)

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Other major fires are raging also in the north and center of Portugalmobilizing more than a thousand firefighters

People watch the progression of a wildfire in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)

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It has been enacted in various locations across the country a hot alertwith expected temperatures of over 40 degrees

TOPSHOT - A firefighter watch the progression of a wildfire at the village of Asseiceira Pequena in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)

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The area of Mafranorth of Lisbon, it has been burning since Sunday afternoon

Firefighters tackle a wildfire at the village of Asseiceira Pequena in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)

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The fire in the area of Mafranorth of Lisbon, fed by strong winds

MAFRA, PORTUGAL - JULY 31: A large plume of smoke and flames are seen at a forest fire being fought by 321 firefighters, 84 vehicles and 9 specialized aircraft on July 31, 2022 in Mafra, Portugal. The rise in temperatures this weekend is causing a new wave of forest fires in the country, especially in the central and northern regions. The fires that most concern the authorities this Sunday afternoon are active in the municipalities of OurÃ © m, Mafra and PaÃ§os de Ferreira, with some 700 firefighters and 20 aerial means fighting them. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos # Corbis / Corbis via Getty Images)

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The burning wooded areas in the area of Mafranorth of Lisbon

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In France 350 hectares are burning at Gard

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At least four firefighters were seriously injured as they fought against the flames

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Someone highways have been closed in the south of the country, in Aubais (photo) and in the Marseille area

Source-tg24.sky.it

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