The wildfire that broke out in Piódão, located in the municipality of Arganil (Coimbra district), and entered resolution status on Sunday after 11 days, has reached a burned area of 64,451 hectares, according to the provisional national report from the Forest Fire Information Management System (SGIF) of the ICNF, viewed by Lusa.
The report, which includes the latest update on the burned area as of Sunday, confirms this wildfire has become the largest on record in Portugal, surpassing the previous record held by the fire that began in Vilarinho, in the municipality of Lousã, in October 2017, which burned 53,000 hectares.
The fire that started in Arganil also affected the municipalities of Pampilhosa da Serra and Oliveira do Hospital (Coimbra district), Seia (Guarda), and Castelo Branco, Fundão, and Covilhã (Castelo Branco district).
