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"en.20120910.24.1-138-000"2
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"Mr President, during the summer, the Autonomous Region of Madeira was ravaged by a terrible wave of fires. The forest fires began in the west of the island, in the municipality of Calheta and Ribeira Brava, and rapidly spread to other areas of the region, with a devastating effect on the municipality of Funchal and the municipalities of Santa Cruz, Machico and Porto Moniz. As well as consuming vast forest areas, the fires also destroyed dozens of homes, cars, farms and small businesses which, in the vast majority of cases, represent the only form of livelihood for the affected families.
More than 6 000 hectares of land were burnt as a result of the fires in the region, of which about 40% was forest and around 60% agricultural and urban areas. It is now vital to help the affected families, whether through the POSEI, by offering direct payments, or through the rural development policy. Solidarity-based assistance from the EU is essential in order to restore normality to the lives of the people of Madeira."@en1
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