{"id":329410,"date":"2017-06-19T06:10:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T06:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=329410"},"modified":"2017-06-19T06:10:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T06:10:41","slug":"3-day-mourning-declared-in-portugal-for-61-fire-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/3-day-mourning-declared-in-portugal-for-61-fire-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"3-day mourning declared in Portugal for 61 fire victims"},"content":{"rendered":"
Portugal has declared three days of mourning for the 61 victims of one of the country’s deadliest forest fires.<\/p>\n
Four children are among the victims, many of whom were found dead inside their cars as they tried to flee the central forested region of Pedr\u00f3g\u00e3o Grande.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of firefighters are continuing to tackle the blaze on several fronts.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Antonio Costa called it “the greatest tragedy we have seen in recent years in terms of forest fires”.<\/p>\n
He said it was thought to have been sparked by a lightning strike.<\/p>\n
Four firefighters are among the 54 people injured in the fire, which is raging in several parts of a mountainous area some 200km north-east of the capital Lisbon.<\/p>\n