lisbon thousands portuguese protest saturday government handle massive wildfires kill 108 people since june government minister pledge spend 400 million euros 470 million aid decision announce special cabinet meet continue night come day new interior minister take predecessor resign ahead tuesday parliamentary vote motion no-confidence launch opposition early thousands protesters gather lisbon main comercio square porto cities mourn victims portugal bad tragedy live memory demand good fire prevention policies country despite relatively small size suffer large forest fire europe year enough many deaths much destruction read many slogans call government resignation cabinet consider detail report independent experts first wave forest fire june 64 people die central portugal first official account widespread fire oct. 15-16 kill 44. main report point failures practically every level fire prevention monitor unusually hot dry summer civil protection response emergency communications alert population government decide saturday hire hundreds forest sappers maintain forest prevent fire order major clean-up safety strip along motorways railroad promise support collection forest waste biorefineries state also take sizeable stake emergency communications network siresp whose equipment fail many occasion fire another likely measure would put air force charge firefighting aircraft currently hire manage civil protection service local media say promise state aid affect areas include pay compensation families lose relatives home fund reconstruction work support save local job minority socialist government weaken public clamor impact strong approval rat achieve due improve economy limit far also support left-wing ally parliament mean no-confidence motion expect pass opinion poll aximage pollsters correio da manha daily survey 603 people oct. 14-17 show support socialists drop 1.1 percentage point 41.9 percent still far ahead close rival 23.8 percent portuguese protest deadly forest fire government pledge aid