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At least 62 killed in raging Portugal forest fire

Fire and smoke are seen during a forest fire in Mega Fungueira, in central Portugal, June 18, 2017. (Photo Courtesy, REUTERS)

A huge forest fire raging since Saturday in central Portugal has killed at least 62 people, most of them dying in their cars as they tried to flee, the government said on Sunday,

"The dimension of this fire was such that we don't have memory of such a human tragedy," Prime Minister Antonio Costa said in Pedrogao Grande, the mountainous region about 200 km (125 miles) northeast of Lisbon.

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