
Firemen fight the flames of a forest fire near Tondela, central Portugal, on 07 October 2011. Media reports citing the Portuguese meteorological office on 06 October stated that an anticyclone on its way tothe western Mediterranean led to hot and dry weather. It caused a heatwave in Portugal with en increased danger of forest fires. EPA/NUNO ANDRE FERREIRA

Firemen fight the flames of a forest fire near Tondela, central Portugal, on 07 October 2011. Media reports citing the Portuguese meteorological office on 06 October stated that an anticyclone on its way tothe western Mediterranean led to hot and dry weather. It caused a heatwave in Portugal with en increased danger of forest fires. EPA/NUNO ANDRE FERREIRA

Firemen fight the flames of a forest fire near Tondela, central Portugal, on 07 October 2011. Media reports citing the Portuguese meteorological office on 06 October stated that an anticyclone on its way tothe western Mediterranean led to hot and dry weather. It caused a heatwave in Portugal with en increased danger of forest fires. EPA/NUNO ANDRE FERREIRA

Firemen fights the flames of a forest fire near Tondela, central Portugal, on 07 October 2011. Media reports citing the Portuguese meteorological office on 06 October stated that an anticyclone on its way tothe western Mediterranean led to hot and dry weather. It caused a heatwave in Portugal with en increased danger of forest fires. EPA/NUNO ANDRE FERREIRA

Firemen fight the flames of a forest fire near Tondela, central Portugal, on 07 October 2011. Media reports citing the Portuguese meteorological office on 06 October stated that an anticyclone on its way tothe western Mediterranean led to hot and dry weather. It caused a heatwave in Portugal with en increased danger of forest fires. EPA/NUNO ANDRE FERREIRA