Fires in Portugal: Morocco sends four Canadairs

Morocco has responded to Portugal’s call for international aid, which is currently being ravaged by simultaneous forest fires that have left several people dead and injured.

Morocco will send up to four Canadair planes to Portugal to help it deal with the fires that have already reduced ten hectares of forest to smoke in the centre and north of the country, leaving families without shelter or resources. In a statement to CNNDuarte Costa, president of the Portuguese Civil Protection, said that these devices should arrive on site this Wednesday to reinforce the exhausted Portuguese teams.