LISBON, Portugal – As the temperature began to soar across the Iberian peninsula last week, everyone knew it was only a matter of time before fires started — they've become a summer fixture ...

In Portugal Another Season of Forest Fires For the third summer in a row, Portugal is coping with deadly forest fires. Five European countries have sent water-dumping aircraft to help.

Around 36 percent of both Portugal and Spain’s land mass is covered by forest, according to World Bank data. And about one-quarter of Portugal’s forests are eucalyptus, a fast-growing tree ...