Portuguese officials on alert after wildfire gutted hotel and caused mass evacuations 

A wildfire that broke out south of Odemira in the Alentejo region in southern Portugal has been brought under control.

Portuguese officials have said monitoring the aftermath of a wildfire that forced the evacuation of 1,400 people and gutted a rural hotel to make sure it does not move south towards the Algarve is their “maximum priority".

Civil protection commander Vitor Vaz Pinto said the blaze that began in Odemira in the country’s Alentejo region on Saturday had been brought under control.