Disasters with highest death tolls - 2017 Portugal Wildfires
Time: Saturday Jun 17, 2017
Place: Portugal
Details: A series of four initial deadly wildfires erupted across central Portugal in the afternoon of 17 June 2017 within minutes of each other, resulting in at least 66 deaths and 204 injured people.
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