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Death toll climbs above 60 in Portugal forest fire

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The Portuguese government has declared three days of national mourning following what Prime Minister Antonio Costa has called “the greatest tragedy of human lives” witnessed in the country in years.

A forest fire raging in the mountainous, central Pedrogao Grande area since Saturday (June 17) has killed more than 60 people and wounded 59 – five of whom are in a serious condition.

According to Portugal’s Interior Minister, most of the victims were caught in their vehicles on the road.

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