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Topic: Fire risk

Posted By: Andrew
Subject: Fire risk
Date Posted: 04/May/2020 at 15:46

Perhaps one of those rare occasions when it’s good that there aren’t so many folk about...

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Andrew

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 05/May/2020 at 08:48

Yes, hot windy and a few days of dry weather have changed the situation. Scrub clearance has continued throughout the plague but there is still a lot of wood out there.

The fire risk map can be seen at http://www.ipma.pt/pt/riscoincendio/rcm.pt/#" rel="nofollow - http://www.ipma.pt/pt/riscoincendio/rcm.pt/#

Some areas are more at risk than others even within various districts.

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