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Fires: About 60 Municipalities in 10 Districts at Maximum Danger

Jornal C – O Caminhense15 September 2026 at 11:30

About 60 municipalities in 10 districts of mainland Portugal are today at maximum danger of rural fire. The Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) issued this warning for the affected municipalities.

The districts covered are Vila Real, Bragança, Viseu, Coimbra, Castelo Branco, Santarém, Portalegre, Évora and Beja. These districts will face weather conditions that favor the occurrence and spread of fires.

Temperatures will remain high in some regions of the country, contributing to the extreme fire risk. This meteorological situation keeps authorities on maximum alert.

IPMA continues to monitor the situation and recommends heightened vigilance on the part of the population in the most vulnerable areas.

Why this matters

Readers in Portugal face today an extreme fire risk, with about 60 municipalities at maximum danger. Residents in these areas should take additional precautions against rural fires, given the elevated danger associated with high temperatures that remain in various regions of the country.

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This is our short summary of a report published by Jornal C – O Caminhense on 15 September 2026 at 11:30; the full text stays with the publisher. In our feed it sits under Weather, and it concerns Viseu. We currently carry 3324 items in that section.

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