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It was at the last minute, on the afternoon of this Saturday, that the government convened a meeting with five ministers to assess the fire situation in the country, after breaking two records in less than 48 hours: 121 fires on Friday and 125 fires. on Saturday. And also 24 hours before landing in Mozambique, the Prime Minister canceled the trip to Mozambique to be “constantly available in the country” during the contingency he had just resolved. And the President of the Republic did the same with regard to the trip to New York.
The tragic fires of 2017 are vivid in memory, and in the afternoon, journalists called on the Government and Civil Protection to draw this parallel, taking into account the weather conditions that occur these days. AT briefing around 7:00 p.m., the national emergency and civil protection commander warned that a difficult night was approaching, given the high temperature, low humidity and vento “with the intensity of the east quadrant”.
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