Death toll from forest fire raging in Portugal climbs to 57

"All this is done to help Portugal officials and people at this time," said the assistant president of the European Commission, Christos Stiliens.

At least 57 people have been killed in forest fire from Saturday in central Portugal, a government official said.

"The great tragedy of the human lives we witnessed over the years in Portugal," Prime Minister Antonio Costa made comments on television. He was led by Sunday after his visit to the president.

The government sent two armed forces to provide emergency services in the Pedrogogo Grande County, 200 km away from Lisbon, and claimed that the European Union had firefighters. France has offered three flights and Spain has already sent two flights, officials said.

French President Emmanuel MacRone said in a message published on Twitter: "Solidarity with Portugal has been damaged by terrible fires, our thoughts are with the victims.

Council President Jean-Claude Junker published in Twitter on Twitter that the victims were victims of the victims in one of the messages and praised the firefight for their courage.

The death toll from state secretary George Gomes for internal affairs was eventually started on the 19th. Gomes said many victims were caught on the road in their vehicles.

In a village in Nodeirinho, where 11 residents were killed, where state television showed RTP cars and blacked houses burned. Shocked residents talked about the whole family trying to flee their home in a car, but was caught in "a tornado of flames".

"It's not true, it's out of this world ... it's an authentic hell, we've never seen something like that," Pedrogo Grande Waldemar Alves Meyer told reporters. More than 20 villages have been affected.

Another 59 people were injured and hospitals were taken, including five serious conditions.

The Saturday mantle touched the mountainous region of Pedro Gão Grande, with severe heat waves and rainbows. Police said lightning striking a tree probably caused fire.

Hundreds of firefighters still face flames on Sunday. Several local vehicles have been closed due to security reasons.