The districts of Bragança, Porto, Vila Real, Viana do Castelo, and Braga will be under a red warning from 6:00 a.m. on Monday until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, according to IPMA.
These five districts are under an orange warning from 9:00 a.m. today until 6:00 a.m. on Monday, with a yellow alert in place until then.
The remaining districts have orange and yellow warnings, which vary between today and Tuesday.
The red warning is the highest level in the IPMA scale, indicating a situation of extreme meteorological risk. The orange is the second most severe, issued in situations of moderate to high risk, and the yellow warning is issued when there is a risk to specific activities dependent on the weather.
Mainland Portugal entered an alert status today due to the high risk of wildfires in the coming days.
“Given the worsening weather forecasts pointing to a significant risk of rural fires, the Government has decided to declare an alert status across mainland territory,” announced the Minister of Internal Administration, Maria Lúcia Amaral, in a statement to the nation, without taking questions.
The alert status is already in effect and will continue until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, August 7.
The four major fires burning in mainland Portugal at around 4:45 a.m. were being fought by 978 personnel supported by 325 vehicles.
According to the ANEPC portal, at that time, the Ponte da Barca fire involved 523 personnel aided by 174 terrestrial resources. In the two Vila Real fires (Torgueda and São Cibrão), a total of 386 personnel and 128 vehicles were involved, and in Celorico de Basto, 69 personnel were supported by 23 terrestrial resources.
These are the largest fires included by Civil Protection in the list of ongoing rural fires (not yet under control/being resolved) among the so-called “significant occurrences,” characterized by duration or the number of resources involved.
