More than a thousand evacuated as wildfires spread towards Portuguese tourist hotspot
The Odemira fire started on Saturday, before moving south towards the Algarve, Portugal's most popular tourist hotspot.
Some 16,600 acres of land has been destroyed, while 19 villages, four tourist accommodations and a camping site have been evacuated.The fire is blazing near the Algarve in Odemira.In Portugal, there are around 120 areas across the country that could be hit by wildfires. Much of Europe has been hit by scorching temperatures this summer, near record levels in Spain, Italy, and Greece.
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