Portugal court acquits all in homicide trial, 5 years after worst wildfire

Leiria, Portugal (AFP) Sept 13, 2022

Five years after Portugal’s deadliest wildfire, which claimed 63 lives, a court on Tuesday acquitted 11 people accused of negligent homicide over the tragedy.

The fires broke out in the central Leiria region during a heatwave in June 2017 and burned for five days, destroying 240 square kilometres (90 square miles) of hillsides covered with pine and eucalyptus trees.

A senior firefighter
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