The fire that broke out in Pinjal do Norte, Carraceda de Anciaes, “is inferior to perimeter assets,” a source at Operations Command said earlier this evening.
The fire that engulfed the bush is “90% under control, with the remaining 10% burning at low intensity and stopped,” the same source said.
The alarm went to authorities at 3:03 pm today, according to the website of the National Emergency and Protection Agency, and by 1:00 am on Tuesday, 125 operators and 38 vehicles were fighting it in this locality in the Braganca area.
In the afternoon, the only two residents of Felgueira in the parish of Piñal do Norte where the fire had started were taken out of the village as a precaution.
Two residents, a couple in their 50s, will spend the night with relatives in the village of Areias in the same municipality.
According to the same source from the operational headquarters, there are no dangerous situations at the moment.