A floor collapse in the Augusto Madureira area of Alges, Oeiras, created a crater three meters wide and at least two meters deep.
The alarm was raised at 9:44 a.m. Tuesday. “16 operational personnel and seven vehicles from the Alges fire department, PSP, Oeiras civil protection have been mobilized. The Oeiras councilor is still in place,” he explained CM source of civil protection in this municipality.
“This was a reduction of the Ribeira de Alges gallery, located next to the Medical Center in this location,” added the same source.
Car traffic is blocked in this area. There were no reports of injuries or damage to vehicles or property.
The technical services of the Oeiras council, with the assistance of Alges volunteer firefighters, have also installed a new rainwater retention and routing system on the river, which will combat possible flood risks in the municipality in the Lisbon district, to dam the river to a location close to the landfill.
In a media release, the municipality of Oeiras also states that it “strongly warns” the government and the Portuguese Environment Agency “of the urgent need” for restructuring work in Ribeira de Alges on a site next to Largo Comandante Augusto Madureira. to increase flow into the mouth.
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