According to data available on the website of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), nearly 900 firefighters were fighting the fire that broke out on Wednesday in the parish of Piódão, in the municipality of Arganil, district of Coimbra, and later spread to the municipalities of Oliveira do Hospital and Pampilhosa da Serra (Coimbra), and Seia, in the district of Guarda.

For the fire that started in Sátão, district of Viseu, in the early hours of Wednesday, 488 operators were mobilized, while in the fire that started on Saturday in Trancoso, district of Guarda, 458 were engaged and fighting the flames in the fire in Cinfães, district of Viseu, there were 164.