The fire raging in Odemire broke out late on Monday in the northern part of the municipality of Monchique in the Algarve, forcing the evacuation of 18 people from their homes and a rural tourism group. GNR has already moved 1,438 citizens as a precautionary measure. 909 people are involved in the fight against the flames, supported by 307 vehicles and 13 aircraft.
The number of people treated by the National Institute of Emergency Medical Services (INEM) in this fire increased to 48, namely 28 firefighters, four civil protection agents and eight civilians, mostly due to fatigue.
According to Paulo Alves, the fire that broke out on Saturday in the municipality of Odemira (Alentejo district in Beja) penetrated the Alcanforado district, in the parish of Marmelete, in the confluence of municipalities in the late afternoon. Odemira, Aljezur and Monchique (Faro district).
The situation in the neighboring municipality of Aljezur in the Algarve remains unstable due to a fire that broke out in Odemir (Beja), which burned at least one house, the mayor of the Algarve municipality told Lusa.
“There is a house that burned down, but at the moment I have no more data,” said José Goncalves Lusa, adding that small outbuildings and other buildings in this municipality in the Faro region also burned down.
The work carried out at night to extinguish a rural fire allowed “stabilizing the perimeter of the fire,” but there are two other critical points that cause concern, according to civil protection.
As for the roads that have air-conditioned traffic, the commander of the region explained that the situation remains in relation to Monday. In other words, the national road (EN) 120 between Sao Teotoniou and Odeseix in the neighboring municipality of Aljezur and municipal roads 501, 1186, 1001 are cut off from traffic.
A rural fire in an area of bush and pine forest has penetrated the Algarve several times since Saturday, surrounding the center of Odeseix on Monday afternoon.
About 150 people evacuated from the city of San Miguel this Monday have already been able to return to their homes. They will be accompanied by GNR to their homes.
Camping San Miguel, from which customers were preventively removed due to a fire that engulfed the municipality of Odemira, Beja district, has reopened to the public since Saturday without any damage.