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Lebih 2,000 terperangkap kebakaran hutan

LISBON 20 OGOS: Kebakaran hutan mengakibatkan 2,000 penduduk di sebuah perkampungan di Portugal terperangkap kelmarin, kata beberapa pegawai tempatan.

“Adalah mustahil untuk penduduk keluar dari Macao kerana api yang marak dan asap tebal,” kata pemimpin Kampung Macao, Vaco Estrela kepada agensi berita Lusa.

Kebakaran hutan itu tercetus petang Selasa lalu dan semakin marak pada hari berikutnya. Menjelang pagi kelmarin, api telah mengelilingi kampung itu.

“Api terus marak,” tambahnya, lapor Agensi Berita Antarabangsa AFP.

Satu kebakaran besar memusnahkan antara 80 hingga 90 peratus kampung tersebut pada hujung Julai lalu.

Seorang jurucakap Agensi Pertahanan Awam Portugal, Patricia Gaspar berkata, kebakaran baharu itu memaksa perkhidmatan kecemasan memindahkan kira-kira 130 orang dari beberapa perkampungan berdekatan.

Namun, pasukan bomba paling bimbang mengenai kebakaran di sekitar Macao yang terus marak dan merebak, katanya.

Sementara itu, kebakaran hutan yang berlaku mendorong kerajaan mengisytiharkan darurat bencana di tengah dan utara negara berkenaan.

Menteri Dalam Negeri, Constanca Urbano de Sousa menyalahkan individu yang sengaja melakukan kebakaran dan kecuaian manusia sebagai punca kebanyakan kebakaran hutan yang berlaku pada musim panas di Portugal.

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Dubai’s Torch skyscraper catches fire yet again

DUBAI, AUG 4: A fire ripped through one of the world’s tallest residential towers in Dubai on Thursday night, sending panicked residents fleeing from the building.

Debris could be seen spiralling to the ground across the famous Marina district of the city as the fire consumed multiple floors of the Torch Tower after midnight.

Authorities quickly evacuated the residents and no injuries were reported.

“We were sleeping and we woke up to the fire alarm and people screaming. We ran down the stairs and it took us about 10 minutes to reach from the 50th floor.

“The fire was very strong at that time, about 1 a.m. Then it started calming down over the next two hours. It started on the 67th floor, that’s what we were told.”

Dubai Civil Defence said the fire had been brought under control and cooling operations were underway.

The 1,100ft, 79-storey skyscraper, which is known to be popular with expatriate residents of the UAE city, was devastated by a fire in February 2015. There were no deaths in that fire.

The external cladding on the building was blamed for the rapid spread of the 2015 fire, leading to the decision to fully renovate the exterior cladding – works which began last summer and were believed to be ongoing.