Wildfires kill 34 in Portugal and Spain

At least 31 people have died in fires ravaging forests in northern and central Portugal over the past 24 hours, rescuers said Monday afternoon, after three people were killed in Spain in blazes sparked by arsonists and fanned by Hurricane Ophelia. In Portugal, Prime Minister Antonio Costa declared a state of emergency as some 5,000 firefighters fought some 30 major fires. The 31 deaths, confirmed by Portugal's national civil protection agency, come four months after 64 people were killed and more than 250 injured on June 17, in the deadliest fire in the country's history.

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