200 year old tree falls and kills 11 people in Portugal
At least 11 people including two children were crushed to death when a
tree crashed down on crowds as they bought candles for a religious
festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Reports suggest the tree which fell was an oak that was about 200
years old. It fell scattering people who were out enjoying the religious
festivities in the sunshine.
People had gathered outside a church in the town to celebrate the
Roman Catholic Feast of the Assumption, which takes place on Tuesday
before the tragedy struck.
Emergency services have since flooded the area after the disaster to treat the scores of injured people.
Madeira, a popular destination for European tourists, is the largest
of a group of Portuguese islands in the north Atlantic Ocean, south-west
of the Portuguese mainland.
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