The fire, which started on Saturday in the municipality of Odemira in the Beja district, remained under clean-up this Friday morning due to “some hot spots” that are “still of concern,” a civil protection source said.
“We still have a few hotspots and we are consolidating them in the Wakaria and Barracao areas, as well as some smaller spots in the north. Only when these points start to be in the consequences phase, we will begin the consequences phase,” he said. Luce Thiago Bugio, Sub-Regional Commander of the Emergency and Civil Protection Service of the Littoral Alentejo.
At 11:30 a.m., 684 operators were still fighting the fire, assisted by 230 vehicles and five aircraft, according to the National Emergency Management and Civil Protection Administration (ANEPC).
A rural fire in an area of bush and pine forest broke out in the Bayona area, in the parish of Sant Teotoniou, municipality of Odemira, at midday on Saturday and penetrated the Algarve municipalities of Monchique and Aljezur.
The area of ignition is about 8400 hectares in a perimeter of 50 kilometers.
Since the start of the fire, 42 people have been treated by medical teams on the spot, 9 people have been taken to hospital departments, no serious situations have been registered.
The fire destroyed at least two houses, one as the first house in Vale Juncale, in São Teotoniou, in the municipality of Odemira, and the other, which will be a holiday home, in the Boavista area, in Odeseix, in the municipality of Aljezur. .
The blaze also destroyed a rural tourism facility, also at Veil Hunkal, whose owners complained about the lack of help from firefighters.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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