Brussels, 01/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - On 1 September, the European Commission activated the Community Civil Protection Mechanism (CCPM) to help Portugal tackle major forest fires. Two fire-fighting planes from Italy arrived on Tuesday afternoon. On Monday 31 August, Lisbon called for immediate assistance from the CCPM, after forest fires started again in northern and central areas of the country and weather forecasts indicated high temperatures and low humidity for most of the country....