Bushfire death toll climbs to 61 in Portuguese disaster

By Caleb Cluff
Updated June 19 2017 - 8:26am, first published June 18 2017 - 7:00pm
Picture: Reuters
Picture: Reuters

In a grim reminder of Black Saturday, a bushfire in Portugal has killed at least 61 people, most of them trapped in escaping cars that were caught in the blaze.

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