BREAKING NEWS: Plane crashes while trying to help extinguish devastating forest fire in Portugal that has left 64 people dead

A water-bombing plane crashed while fighting the devastating forest fires which broke out in Portugal.
The Canadair plane is said to have come down in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande, where Saturday's fires began.
It was not immediately clear exactly where it had come down and whether anyone had been injured or killed on the ground.

A Canadair plane was due to reach Portugal today from Morocco.
Other aircraft of the same type including two from Spain are also helping out.
Initial reports were that the aircraft that had crashed was Spanish and that it had come down near the village of Louriceira.
The official death toll from the fire currently stands at 64, half of whom have been identified, while another 157 people were injured.
A spokesman for the country's civil protection was unable to give further immediate details about the aircraft.
Spain, France and Italy have sent a total of 19 water bombers to help the operation.
News agency Lusa cited a source from the civil protection agency saying a helicopter was on its way to where the plane had gone down.


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kpele

Oyinbo ppl sef, see as dem dey use sprinkler to extinguish huge fire when big mouthed hose dey.