6, as part of the Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce &. “Climate change kills: it kills people, as we’ve seen it also kills our ecosystem, our biodiversity, and it also destroys the things we as a society hold dear – our houses, our businesses, our livestock.”Īnother video shot on Monday showed anxious train passengers caught between two lines of wildfire as it stopped while on the way from Madrid to the north-western city of Ferrol. Local Internet comedy sensation Steve Lopes, known as the Portuguese Fireman, will take the stage at the White’s of Westport Saturday, Nov. “I want to make something very clear,” he said. Speaking on a visit to the south-western region of Extremadura on Monday morning, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, paid tribute to all those fighting the wildfires and said the events of the past few days were further evidence of the deadly consequences of the climate crisis. The blaze started in Losacio, Zamora, and has caused left three people critically injured and seen more than 6,000 people evacuated, authorities said. The fire around Tábara has been brought under control but others continue to rage nearby, including one around a wind farm. The previous day, authorities in the region also confirmed the death of a firefighter, 62-year-old Daniel Gullón Vara. On Monday, the regional government of Castilla y León said the body of a 69-year-old man, reportedly a shepherd, had been found in a burnt-out area near the small town of Escober de Tábara in Zamora. “We’ll have to take things step by step – it’s a very complex situation.”Īnother friend, mechanic Juan Lozano, said the fire could have burned everything had it not been for the efforts of “good professionals and people who have the balls to protect us”.Īlthough temperatures across Spain are falling as the eight-day heatwave comes to an end, dozens of wildfires – many of them still burning – have devastated almost 30,000 hectares (75,000 acres) of land around the country. “He’s spoken to his wife or made gestures to her,” Taba told Reuters. The Portuguese man o war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war, is a floating marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. José Manuel Taba, a family friend, said Arjona was in a serious condition but was conscious and had managed to communicate with his wife in the early hours of Tuesday. After being treated at a local medical centre, he was flown by helicopter to the Río Hortega University hospital in Valladolid. Central Portugal and the north, as well as parts of the south of Portugal, are at. Most of the country has been labeled with a high risk of fire alert on Wednesday. According to the Civil Protection website, as of 9:12 am local time on July 13, there are 272 active fires all over mainland Portugal. Regional emergency services said Arjona had suffered serious burns. Multiple fires across Portugal due to heatwave.
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After stumbling and getting to his feet again, he manages to get free of the blaze. Seconds later, Arjona emerges from the inferno with his clothes burned to rags and flames flickering about his back.
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