A timber plant worker who suffered severe burns while fighting a fire on Wednesday has died in hospital. Wilson Cunha, 33, was helping firefighters when he was caught in the blast.
A 26-year-old firefighter from the Vila Nova de Poiares corporation also suffered burns but has already been released from hospital.
As Luis Sousa, chief of the Vila Nova de Poiares fire service, explained at the time, two victims were hit by a fireball while extinguishing a flame that broke out inside a bunker filled with sawdust.
The firefighting work took several hours, as the bunker had to be emptied gradually.
Author: Paula Goncalves
Source: CM Jornal
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