Portugal remembers 66 victims from deadly year for wildfires
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Portugal's president and prime minister have attended a Mass in a rural town to mark the anniversary of a wildfire that killed 66 people.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Antonio Costa joined other government members and scores of local people Sunday at a small church in Pedrogao Grande, which is located about 200 kilometers (120 miles) northeast of Lisbon.
A fire that began near the town of 4,000 people grew into one of Portugal's biggest blazes of 2017, an unprecedented year for deadly wildfires that brought 116 deaths.
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At Pedrogao Grande, 47 people died in their cars as they fled the flames.
The president also was unveiling a memorial monument and meeting with survivors.
The Portuguese government says it is working to upgrade the country's firefighting capabilities.