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Portugal forest fire kills 62; officials search for more bodies

The disaster - the worst tragedy Portugal has experienced in decades - shook the nation.

By :  dr swati srivastava
Update: 2017-06-19 07:21 GMT
On Tuesday over 4,000 firefighters and troops backed by 19 water bombers had already been mobilised to extinguish the flames. (Photo: Representational/ File)
Police and firefighters were searching charred areas of the forest and isolated homes, looking for more bodies.
A huge wall of thick smoke and bright red flames towered over the tops of trees in the forested Pedrogao Grande area.
\"It is a time of pain but also ... a time to carry on the fight\" against the flames, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa told the nation
Spain sent four firefighting aircraft on Sunday, France was sending three and Greece's prime minister also offered firefighting help.
More than 350 soldiers on Sunday joined the 700 firefighters who have been struggling to put out the blaze
Almost 24 hours after the deaths Saturday night, fires were still churning across the forested hillsides of central Portugal.
The disaster - the worst tragedy Portugal has experienced in decades - shook the nation.

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