Wildfires? (Coimbra-Mealhada)

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landblubber

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Camino Portugues (planned for 2017)

• Aug 10, 2017

• #1

Today in Coimbra, I saw plumes of smoke rising from the hills to the north. Sure enough, the local TV was reporting forest fires near Mealhada, causing the A1 highway to be shut off. I'm also reading, however, that the A1-bound traffic was diverted to the A14 and the IC2, which are much closer to the camino path but apparently remain open.

Was anyone able to walk to or from Mealhada today?

 

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landblubber

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Camino Portugues (planned for 2017)

• Aug 11, 2017

• #2

Update: Coimbra-Mealhada remains open.

Also, if anyone else is wondering about the ongoing fire situation in central Portugal, fogos.pt has a live interactive map that you may find useful.

 

Kanga

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• Aug 12, 2017

• #3

I'm not familiar with the different routes on the CP, but this thread is live and certainly relevant to the fire situation (scroll down towards the end):
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/live-from-the-interior.49791/

 

peregrina2000

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• Aug 12, 2017

• #4

It is so horrific, I hope there isn't a repeat of the June tragedy. Those fires in central Portugal were not far from the Caminho Central. 60 people died then, many of them motorists who were driving on roads that had not been closed. Stay safe, peregrinos.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/world/europe/portugal-pedrogao-grande-forest-fires.html?_r=0