There were moments of horror during the fire in Ovar this Thursday. The 27-year-old woman was surrounded by flames in the room and could not escape through the door. It was the GNR security guard from Ovar, with the support of firefighters, who managed to remove the iron protective grill from the window – this is how the young woman was able to escape. Despite this, the victim suffered serious injuries due to smoke inhalation. “I was left without a drop of blood when I saw that my granddaughter was on fire, unable to get out. I was afraid for her life,” he said. CM Fernando Grade, owner of the house. “It was GNR who managed to tear out the grill at the welds to get my granddaughter out,” he added. At around 04:00 the Ovar Fire Department was alerted to a fire in a garage in Valega. The Fair’s ambulance and resuscitation team was also called. The flames destroyed two cars and the contents of the garage. Ovar firefighters transported the victim to Da Feira Hospital. The Aveiro Judicial Police is investigating the cause of the fire.