The second time the area was searched, a burnt-out chair and a burnt-out mattress were found.

BBC: Lynda Spence

I'm standing in a small village about 15 miles outside of Coimbra, and basically the whole area around here is a very rich forest that has been burnt to the ground.

NPR: In Portugal Another Season of Forest Fires

Maina Ma'aji Lawan, a senator for the area, told the BBC Hausa service that more than 4, 000 houses had been burnt and more than 200 people had died.

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In this area, you can see the drought has left dried eucalyptus leaves and even dead ferns that just burnt up as tinder and let the whole forest catch fire very quickly.

NPR: In Portugal Another Season of Forest Fires