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Portugal has declared a day of national mourning to mark the deaths of seven who died in wildfires that have burned through the country’s west coast. According to official figures, there were five fatalities and 161 injured, 12 of them seriously. Civil Protection has registered five deaths, excluding two civilians who died of sudden illness linked to the fires. Three firefighters who were tackling the blazes were among those killed. Although the fires have largely died down, two are ongoing in Castro Daire where more than 2,400 firefighters have been mobilised. Portuguese Prime Minister Luís M…

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