{"id":51476,"date":"2026-07-07T08:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/51476\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:21:17","slug":"portugal-requests-support-from-morocco-spain-and-the-eu-due-to-the-high-risk-of-forest-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/51476\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal requests support from Morocco, Spain and the EU due to the high risk of forest fires"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tPreventive measures in the face of an exceptional heatwave<\/a><\/p>\n

\tRed alert due to extreme temperatures and strong winds<\/a><\/p>\n

\tThe Fozela fire concentrates firefighting efforts<\/a><\/p>\n

Portugal has requested Morocco<\/a>, Spain<\/a> and the EU<\/a> to maintain on high alert additional aerial assets for forest firefighting, given the risk that the current heatwave could worsen the situation in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Preventive measures in the face of an exceptional heatwave<\/p>\n

The Portuguese Prime Minister, Lu\u00eds Montenegro, explained that the request is a response to the exceptional nature of the weather conditions and not to a lack of national resources. As he stated, the objective is to reinforce the preventive response capacity in a high-risk scenario that affects practically the entire country.<\/p>\n

In his appearance before the media, Montenegro stressed the importance of anticipation: \u201cWe are not facing a shortfall within our fire brigades, but rather a necessary prudence. The weather forecasts for the next 48 hours are critical and neighbourly cooperation is a fundamental shield to prevent greater tragedies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lisbon has activated the European Mechanism for Civil Protection and has resorted to bilateral cooperation agreements with Spain and Morocco to guarantee a swift response should the fires escalate.<\/p>\n

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\nFirefighters battle the flames during the Vouzela wildfire in Tondela, Portugal, on 4 July 2026 – REUTERS\/ PEDRO ROCHA<\/p>\n

Red alert due to extreme temperatures and strong winds<\/p>\n

The decision coincides with the declaration of a red alert in several Portuguese regions, where temperatures exceed 40 degrees Celsius, accompanied by low humidity and strong winds, conditions that favour the rapid spread of fire.<\/p>\n

As part of the support deployment, Portugal will receive a specialised Spanish military unit in the coming hours, comprising around thirty vehicles, which will provide surveillance, reconnaissance, rescue and logistical support duties, although it will not participate directly in firefighting tasks.<\/p>\n

The Spanish Ministry of the Interior<\/a> issued an official statement reaffirming the Iberian commitment: \u201cThe security of the Peninsula is shared. Spain will respond with absolute dispatch and will make available to the Portuguese authorities all the reconnaissance and logistical support resources necessary to contain the emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management declared from Brussels that the European Union is already coordinating satellite support through the Copernicus system<\/a>: \u201cWe have mobilised community solidarity immediately. Europe stands alongside Portugal, and the aerial resources from the rescEU reserve<\/a> are ready to be deployed if the situation on the ground deteriorates.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nMembers of Spain\u2019s Military Emergency Unit (UME) take part in fire-fighting operations during the Vouzela forest fire in Tondela, Portugal, on 4 July 2026 – REUTERS\/ PEDRO ROCHA<\/p>\n

The Fozela fire concentrates firefighting efforts<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Portuguese authorities continue to battle five major forest fires, the most concerning being the one declared in the area of Fozela, in the centre of the country.<\/p>\n

More than 1,100 firefighters, supported by 373 land vehicles and five aircraft, are participating in the containment operations, with the aim of preventing the flames from reaching the Serra do Caramulo mountain range and nearby villages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Preventive measures in the face of an exceptional heatwave Red alert due to extreme temperatures and strong winds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3645,3648,3644,2264,1726,9598,10235,1086,17],"class_list":["post-51476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-espana","tag-l","tag-marruecos","tag-morocco","tag-portugal","tag-sociedad","tag-societe","tag-society","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}