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A firefighter uses a tree branch to try to extinguish a fire on a slope where water hoses wouldn't reach in Miranda do Corvo, near Coimbra, 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Lisbon, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005. Firefighters, airplanes and helicopters from around Europe have joined Portuguese firefighters battling forest fires across Portugal. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Sergio Azenha)