Pedrógão is no longer burning, but the memory is. 23 images to remember the horror, 8 years later

66 dead, half a thousand homes and 50 businesses destroyed, hundreds injured. More than two thirds of the fatalities (47 people) were travelling in vehicles and were surrounded by flames on the National Road 236-1, between Castanheira de Pera and Figueiró dos Vinhos, in the northern interior of the district of Leiria, or on access roads to that road.

Estimates made shortly after the fires indicated that the damage caused to the forest exceeded 83 million euros, while damage to homes amounted to more than 27.6 million euros, to industry and tourism to nearly 31.2 million euros, to agriculture to 20 million euros and to other economic activities to more than 27.5 million euros.