A raging forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 62 people as they desperately tried to flee, charring cars and trucks as it swept over roads.

The disaster, the worst tragedy Portugal has experienced in decades that shook the nation with the president declaring that the country's pain "knows no end."

Almost 24 hours after the deaths Saturday night, fires were still churning across the forested hillsides of central Portugal. Police and firefighters were searching charred areas of the forest and isolated homes, looking for more bodies.







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Fire and smoke is seen on the IC8 motorway during a forest fire near Pedrogao Grande, in central Portugal today.

Burnt cars block the road between Castanheira de Pera and Figueiro dos Vinhos, central Portugal today.

Police investigators stand by a burnt car on the road between Castanheira de Pera and Figueiro dos Vinhos, central Portugal, today.

Raging forest fires in central Portugal killed more than 60 people, many of them trapped in their cars as they try to flee.

Hmmm

Oh my goodness

A man stands on the roadside watching a wildfire at Anciao, Leiria, central Portugal.

A policeman stands by a dead body of a victim.

The wildfire has killed at least 60 people and injured 59 others.

Several hundred firefighters and 160 vehicles were dispatched late on June 17 to tackle the blaze.

Portuguese National Republican Guard firefighters work to stop the fire from reaching the village of Avelar at sunrise today.

Many people died in their cars when fire reached the road.

Drone footage has revealed the scene of devastation where desperate people attempting to flee the wild fires in Portugal were trapped and burned to death inside their vehicles.

Firefighters work to put out a forest fire.

Villagers look at a flames during a wildfire near the village of Mega Fundeira, in the central Pedrogao Grande region of Portugal.

A burnt car and burnt trees are seen during a forest fire near Pedrogao Grande.

A policeman walks near the body of another victim.

Fire and smoke is seen on the IC8 motorway.

A burnt truck and cars.

Firefightes work to put out a forest fire

Portugal's soccer team has expressed its condolences for the victims of forest fires that have claimed at least 60 lives.

The team's players, including Cristiano Ronaldo and coach Fernando Santos, signed a statement saying 'in this sad hour we send our deepest sympathies to the families, friends and loved ones of the victims of the fires'.



Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is seen on arrival at the stadium prior to the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 Group A match between Portugal and Mexico at Kazan Arena today in Kazan, Russia.

Players observe a minute of silence to honor the victims of forest fires that raged through central Portugal, prior to the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Portugal and Mexico, at the Kazan Arena, Russia, Sunday, June 18, 2017.

A fire engine drives past a burnt van by an exit of the road between Castanheira de Pera and Figueiro dos Vinhos, central Portugal, Sunday, June 18 2017.

very sad day for the country. ripses, one of the worst deaths is fire, i hate it.

Terrible!

Pilots from the Spanish airforce, which has been drafted in to help extinguish the fires, sent out distressing images of villages caught in the path of the flames.

The town of Avelar is faced with several advancing fire fronts on Monday as emergency crews struggle to prevent further destruction from the blazes in central Portugal.

Rodrigo Rosario who died with his uncle, Sidel Belchior, aged 37, when fire engulfed the car in which they were travelling.

Exhausted Red Cross workers outside a relief centre for people displaced by the fires in central Portugal.

what's up with fire accident this days.
Rip to the dead.

It will take GOD'S grace to escape in a vehicle with the intensity of that fire...

Fire again, oh noo,I'm just speechless

Fire Again? What is happening?

Europe don suffer

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