Fire in Portugal

We´ve had a week of fire, at Pedrogão Grande, The biggest forest fire we ever had. In a region full of trees and the problem is just that, instead of natural trees to the land, the country has been planted with trees that grow fast and can be sold fast. And that means eucalypts (natural from Australia) and pines.
47 people were killed while they were driving away from the fire, in the now called " the road of dead". The total of the dead is now 62, but there are many injured. Some people stayed at their houses and were saved since the houses are built of stone and tiles and not wood.

One person who knows this is Liedewij Schieving, a dutch women, living in Quinta da Fonte who has suffered only small damages.

I took the pictures and statements from Facebook, but she has been all over the news:

Our house is surrounded by native oak with the nearest eucalyptus about 800 m away...on our land we have olive, oak and fruit trees....all native to Portugal unlike the eucalyptus...it would seem according to studies that this would make us safer as these trees act as natural fire breaks, especially due to the Oak...A photo illustrating how Portuguese farms with indigenous trees are far more fire resistant than the eucalyptus plantations

Portugal is a nice country, where people tend to live near the sea, were all the hospitals and capital Lisbon, is located, but the interior is very beautiful and peaceful. 

Happily, they are all safe,