The Latest on the Portugal forest fires (all times local):11:30 a.m.Pope Francis has led thousands of people in a moment of silent prayer for the victims of the Portugal fire. ___11:15 a.m.Portugal's soccer team has expressed its condolences for the victims of forest fires that have claimed at least 57 lives. The European Union has activated its civil protection efforts to help Portugal fight forest fires that have killed at least 43 people. ___This item has been corrected to show that Jorge Gomes is an Interior Ministry official, not interior minister. ___4:35 a.m.Portuguese radio station TSF says the Interior Ministry has confirmed that 25 people have been killed in forest fires in central Portugal.

Source: Fox News June 18, 2017 07:51 UTC