Actress Jessica Schwarz witnessed the devastating forest fires in her new home in Portugal. “What’s bad right now is the Sierra Estreia. It’s been burning there for almost three weeks now,” Schwarz told the German Press Agency in Hamburg.
“And unfortunately we also had a fire in our city in Setúbal that we could see from our property,” said the 45-year-old. No one was killed, but acquaintances actually had to vacate their house because a property next door had burned. The actress has been living in Portugal with her husband Louis Beckmann for two years. Together the two run a small hotel in a nature reserve near Lisbon.
“The restlessness accompanies you all the time. It happens so quickly, especially due to the winds, which change frequently there,” said the actress. “The fear is always there.” It hasn’t rained in the area for nine weeks. “It just hurts when you see what burns away there in a short time.” People who still have doubts about climate change cannot understand them. “How can you turn a blind eye to what’s happening everywhere?”
On Wednesday, August 31, the tragic comedy “Over
