{"id":8539,"date":"2017-06-18T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=8539"},"modified":"2017-06-18T11:40:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T11:40:03","slug":"wildfires-rage-near-fatima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wildfires-rage-near-fatima\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires Rage Near Fatima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>From Associated Press:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weather-forecast.com\/place_maps\/av\/Avelar-3.8.gif\" alt=\"Image result for avelar portugal\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/photos\/8\/8def2ae8ae714e1f90e85d08e228dd44_0-small.jpg\" alt=\"AP Photo\" \/>AVELAR, Portugal (AP) &#8212; Raging forest fires in central Portugal killed at least 57 people, many of them trapped in their cars as flames swept over a road, in what the prime minister on Sunday called &#8220;the biggest tragedy of human life that we have known in years.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Nearly 60 other people were injured, including four firefighters and a seriously injured minor, Interior Ministry official Jorge Gomes told state broadcaster RTP.\u00a0A lightning strike is believed to have sparked the blaze in the Pedrogao Grande area after investigators found a tree that was hit during a &#8220;dry thunderstorm,&#8221; the head of the national judicial police told Portuguese media. Dry thunderstorms are frequent when falling water evaporates before reaching the ground because of high temperatures. Portugal, like most southern European countries, is prone to forest fires in the dry summer months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em> <strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/E\/EU_PORTUGAL_FOREST_FIRES?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2017-06-18-05-59-12\">For Full Story<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2016\/06\/04\/tropical-rains-possible-tornadoes-threaten-half-us.html?intcmp=hpbt1\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">]<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"img_half\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em><strong>From NBC:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive img_inline aligncenter\" title=\"Image: PORTUGAL FIRE\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.s-nbcnews.com\/j\/newscms\/2017_24\/2042351\/portugalfire180617_d9ff74fe9fd3246093b9de720f8fe19e.nbcnews-ux-320-320.jpg\" alt=\"Image: PORTUGAL-FIRE\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The fatalities occurred in the Pedrogao Grande area, about 95 miles northeast of Lisbon, where about 600 firefighters have been trying to put out the fires since Saturday, Gomes said.<\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img_half\"><figcaption class=\"img-caption img-caption_default no-margin-bottom\"><\/figcaption><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Gomes said that at least 16 people were killed when their vehicles were engulfed by flames on a road between the towns of Figueiro dos Vinhos and Castanheira de Pera.<\/span><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; 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