This Saturday, a man was slightly injured as a result of a fire that broke out in the house where he lived, located in the Palmela municipality of the Setúbal district, a Civil Protection source said.
A source from the Subregional Command for Emergency Situations and Civil Protection of the Setúbal Peninsula told Lusa that the fire, which was alerted at 11:15 a.m., broke out in a house located on Rua do Aceiro Novo, in the Venda do district. Alkaide. .
The flames caused a partial collapse of the house’s roof, the same source said, adding that a resident of the house, whose age he could not specify, suffered bruises in the collapse.
The man, believed to be slightly injured, was taken by firefighters to the emergency department of Setúbal Hospital, according to a civil defense source.
The fire was declared extinguished at 11:40, the source emphasized, and at the moment it is unknown whether the house remains in habitable condition.
Firefighters from Pinhal Novo and Palmela, GNR, the National Institute of Emergency Medicine (INEM) and the Municipal Civil Protection Service were mobilized to fight the fire, with a total of 18 first responders and eight vehicles, including a VMER ambulance. . ).
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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