Portugal mourns after country’s worst forest fires in decades

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Portugal mourns after country’s worst forest fires in decades

At least 62 people have died in Portugal’s worst forest fires in decades.

Hundreds of firefighters are battling the flames in the mountainous region of Pedrogao Grande, 200km northeast of Lisbon.

Portugal’s prime minister has declared three days of national mourning.

Al Jazeera’s Catherine Stancl reports from Ferreira.

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Portugal is a southern European country on the Iberian Peninsula, bordering Spain. Its location on the Atlantic Ocean has influenced many aspects of its culture: salt cod and grilled sardines are national dishes, the Algarve’s beaches are a major destination and much of the nation’s architecture dates to the 1500s–1800s, when Portugal had a powerful maritime empire. 

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