The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is monitoring the “favorable development” of the health of the soldier who was seriously injured this Monday after an explosion at the Tancos military training area (Santarem).
According to a message published on the president’s website, the head of state and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, through the chief of staff of the president, is monitoring “the favorable development of the health of the soldier who suffered from the Tancos incident this afternoon.” army.
Defense Minister Helena Carreiras is also monitoring the “development of the army soldier’s health” and wished the soldier a “speedy recovery”, according to a note published on the government portal, which also mentioned that the Army was looking into the causes of the incident.
The soldier was seriously injured in an explosion that occurred this afternoon at the Tancos military post in the municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha (Santarem) and is stable and out of danger, according to the army.
According to a source from the Medio-Tejo sub-regional command, the alarm was raised at 15:09 due to an explosion in the Tancos military zone, in the No. 1 engineering regiment.
According to the same source, the victim was treated at the scene by members of the Medio Tagus Ambulance and Resuscitation Service (VMER) and volunteer firefighters from Vila Nova da Barquinha, who brought two vehicles and a helicopter to the scene. was called up from the Algarve, stationed in Faro.
A source in the Portuguese army confirmed the incident to Lusa and said it was monitoring the victim’s health and investigating the cause of the incident.
An army memo released later indicated that the soldier, whose life was not in danger, was taken “by helicopter to the burns unit of the Santa Maria Hospital” in Lisbon.
“At 2:55 p.m., a serviceman was injured on his right arm and neck as a result of welding work in preparation for a vehicle for an inert ordnance disposal (non-explosive) exercise” in Engineer Regiment No. 1, in Tancos, indicated to the army
According to the same information note, the soldier’s condition is “stable, there is no danger to his life,” and INEM emergency medical services were called to the scene.
According to “mandatory procedure, an investigation” into the incident was immediately launched, he concluded.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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