A volunteer firefighter walks to throw water to control a wildfire at Monte Fundeiro, Oleiros, Portugal July 26, 2020 in this still image taken from social media video. APROSOC via REUTERS
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal will go on high alert as more than 850 firefighters struggle to put out a fire sweeping across part of the country's central region on Sunday, with strong winds and high temperatures complicating efforts to tackle the blaze.
The wildfire has been raging in the municipality of Oleiros since Saturday afternoon but it has spread to two neighbouring municipalities and has already forced the precautionary evacuation of a number of people.
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