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Fires: Municipalities in Portalegre district at maximum danger

Rádio Campanário7 September 2026 at 09:33

Nineteen municipalities in the districts of Bragança, Guarda, Santarém, Portalegre and Faro are today at maximum rural fire danger, due to high temperatures. In the Portalegre district, the affected municipalities are Nisa, Gavião, Castelo de Vide, Portalegre and Marvão.

The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) also placed over 80 municipalities in several districts at very high fire danger. Fire danger will remain very high in some regions until at least Tuesday.

Due to the hot weather, IPMA also issued a yellow warning for the districts of Évora, Faro, Setúbal, Lisboa, Beja, Castelo Branco and Portalegre until 21:00 today. The yellow warning is the least severe on a three-level scale.

Today's minimum temperatures range from 14 degrees in Braga to 24 degrees in Faro, while maximums range from 25 degrees on the northern coast to 39 degrees in Évora.

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