What is 2017 Portugal wildfires?
[[File:18 June 2017 Portugal Wildfires.png|thumb|right|200px|[[NASA]] satellite image of the fires and associated smoke plumes across Portugal on 18 June 2017]] A series of [[wildfire]]s erupted across central [[Portugal]] during the night of 17–18&nbsp;June 2017, resulting in at least 65&nbsp;deaths and at least 254 injured people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/novo-relatorio-assume-65-mortos-em-pedrogao|title=Portugal wildfire: 65 killed, victims burned in cars as they fled|date=17 October 2017|access-date=25 October 2017}}</ref> The majority of deaths took place in [[Pedrógão Grande]] when a fire swept across a road filled with evacuees. Portuguese officials dispatched more than 1,700&nbsp;firefighters nationwide to combat the blazes and [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]] [[António Costa]] declared three days of national mourning. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Portugal wildfires, 2017}} [[Category:2017 in Europe]] [[Category:2017 fires]] [[Category:2010s in Portugal|2017 wildfires]] [[Category:2010s fires in Europe]] [[Category:June 2017 events]] [[Category:Wildfires]] {{Multistub|history|europe}}