A man died at sea this Friday in Câmara de Lobos Bay in Madeira, where the body appeared to have been floating around 1pm, a source at the fire department of the municipality adjoining Funchal to the west said.
“We received an alarm at 12:58 p.m. and went with an ambulance and three units to the Salinas area,” the source said, adding that the team found a “really floating body” and rescue equipment at the scene. recovery, maritime assistance has already been mobilized through the Regional Civil Protection Service.
The body was lifted by a vessel from the Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos and transported to the Funchal marina in an operation that also involved the Madeira Volunteer Firefighters, the Emergency Medical Response Team (EMIR), the PSP and the Maritime Service. Police. .
The cause of death and the identity of the man could not be established, but the regional press reported that he was a citizen of a foreign state.