Six hours in water tank as fires raged

Twelve people survived the forest fires devastating central Portugal by hiding in a water tank after access to their village was cut off.

The residents, who included a disabled 95-yearold woman, spent more than six hours in the tank.

More than 2,700 firemen were battling wildfires north-east of Lisbon, where one blaze killed 63 people, many of them as they tried to flee in their cars.