All fire outbreaks on the western and northern coasts of Madeira continue this Monday in the response and surveillance phase, the regional secretary of civil protection said, adding that by 16:00 82 people had been assisted.
At a press conference at the Regional Civil Protection Service in Funchal, Pedro Ramos said that at this stage of response and active surveillance in the municipality of Porto Moniz, in the north of the island, there are 23 and seven resources active. there are no local resources in the municipalities of Calheta and Camara de Lobos in the west.
Patrol and surveillance activities are carried out by eight elements and four resources from the Madeira Operational Command, nine elements and three resources from the GNR, 15 operational elements and six resources from the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation and 14 operational elements and six resources from the PSP.
The government official also highlighted that Madeira’s only aerial firefighting vehicle carried out drops this Monday morning in Porto Moniz, having carried out “306 drops since October 9, roughly equivalent to 50 hours of flight time these days.”
From Tuesday to Monday, more than 1,800 people were on the ground “in direct combat, command, logistics and patrol, involving not only firefighters, but all other agencies.”
Until 16:00 this Monday, 82 people were treated for fires, mostly due to smoke inhalation, an increase of five compared to 18:00 on Sunday.
The woman who received burns remains hospitalized in the differentiated care department, her clinical situation is developing favorably.
The regional secretary of civil protection also said that work continues to study the damage caused, noting that the number published on Sunday of seven houses affected remains unchanged – six in Calheta and one in Porto Moniz – and four displaced persons, “for which a quick response is being given by the entities “
The four homeless people, temporarily sheltered in family homes, are residents of the parishes of Ponta do Pargo and Fajão de Ovelha in Calheta.
On Sunday, Pedro Ramos said that of the six houses affected in the municipality of Calheta, two were completely damaged, three were damaged and one house was empty. A fire destroyed an empty house in Porto Moniz.
According to the regional secretary of civil protection at a press conference today, 45 technicians and six scalars assessing rocks and slopes are currently involved in clearing regional roads.
Therefore, he added, the public is asked to be careful and not remain under embankments, especially in the municipalities most affected by the fires.
In Levada da Ribeira da Janela, Porto Moniz municipality, 20 people clean it up as a water channel was blocked after a landslide caused by a fire.
“We also have a team of 65 people who are replacing medium and low voltage cables damaged by the fire, as well as replacing electric poles,” he added, stressing that “all houses in municipalities that previously had problems with electricity have already energy”.
Regarding the burned area, the regional secretary noted that the Madeira Executive expects it to be assessed on Thursday.
The most destructive fire broke out in the Prazeres parish in Calheta on Wednesday and then spread to the neighboring municipality of Porto Moniz.
On the night of Friday to Saturday, a new fire broke out in the Terreiros area in the upper areas of the municipality of Ribeira Brava, which spread to the forest area of the parish of Jardim da Serra in the municipality of Câmara. de Lobos.
The suspect in the arson of the forest in the municipality of Calheta, arrested by the judicial police at the scene of the crime on Friday, was heard in court on Saturday and placed in preventive detention, a measure of compulsion replaced by hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital. .
On Sunday morning, all fire outbreaks were already at the stage of liquidation and monitoring.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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