34 was killed in forest fires in Spain and Portugal because the storm of Ophelia

News24xx.com -  The death toll in fires in Spain and Portugal increased to 34. To date there are about 5,000 firefighters being demoted. Reported by AFP, 31 people died in Portugal.

In addition there were 51 other people injured and 15 of them suffered serious injuries.

One of the residents in Coimbra said his area was like hell. Because the flaming fire almost filled the area. "We are like experiencing hell, it is terrible, there is fire everywhere," said one resident, on Tuesday, October 17 2017.

In the area, many residents were found dead in the car due to electric poles hit. In the streets found many trees that collapsed and burned.

"Most of the victims were killed in their cars, but we also found them inside their homes," said Oliveira do Hospital Mayor, Jose Carlos Alexandrino.

Three others were killed in Spain. Two women died from being trapped in a van near Nigran, outside Vigo. While one man died in a cage near his home.

Meteorologists say Ophelia is the strongest storm recorded in the Atlantic and the first since 1939.

Earlier, dozens of forest fire points appeared in Spain and Portugal. The forest fires are exacerbated by gusts of wind from Ophelia's storm that reaches 90 kilometers per hour.

The victim died before is 9 people. Portuguese Prime Minister, Antonio Costa, has announced this incident as a public disaster.

The government has deployed 3,700 firefighters to extinguish the fire. Prime Minister Costa said there were at least 15 fire points that appeared in Galicia.