Guest guest Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Sunday, 9 July 2006, 23:31 GMT 00:31 UK Six dead in Portugal forest fire Six firefighters, five of them Chilean, have been killed while battling a forest fire in central Portugal. Officials say the six were surrounded and unable to flee the flames. The Chileans were employees of a company which offers firefighting services to pulp and paper plants and were helping the local fire brigade. The fire, one of six raging throughout the country in soaring temperatures, began on Sunday afternoon in the Famalicao area near the town of Guarda. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5163562.stm PORTUGAL dasha: Ju/Ve/Me/Me/Ve  CHILE dasha: Me/Su/Ke/Ve/Ve satva Jorge Angelino Rua da Sociedade Filarmónica Perpétua Azeitonense, 29 2925-598 Azeitão Portugal jorge.angelino tel: mobile: 210813674 963916784 Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? -- Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/383 - Release 07.07.2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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