Four major fires remain active with more than 1,000 operatives deployed
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- 08 Jul 2022
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Four major fires were still active at 7 am in mainland Portugal, in the districts of Guarda, Bragança, Aveiro and Santarém, and in this one, the number of minor injuries rose to six, according to information from civil protection.
At 7 am, almost 1400 operatives were fighting these four fires, in Ourém (Santarém district), Benespera (Guarda), Carrazeda Ansiães (Bragança) and Sever do Vouga (Aveiro).
The work to fight the forest fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon in the municipality of Ourém (Santarém) is proceeding "a little more favorably", David Lobato, from the District Command of Relief Operations (CDOS) in Santarém, told Lusa.
"There was some moisture ingress here in meteorological terms", he justified, stressing that the fire caused "four minor injuries and two assisted".
By 5:30 am, 424 were operational, supported by 121 vehicles at the scene, according to David Lobato, noting that there were no longer "habitations at risk" and circulation in the area was "practically normalized".
The fire that broke out at 2:11 pm on Thursday in the parish of Benespera (Guarda), in a wooded area, was also still active, with 333 operatives and 103 vehicles deployed to fight the flames, said the District Relief Operations Command (CDOS) place.
"For now, the work continues, although favorably", said the same source, pointing out that, in the area, "traffic is moving normally".
The fires in Carrazeda de Ansiães and Sever do Vouga were also still not under control, according to updates from the district commands for relief operations in Bragança and Aveiro, respectively.
The forest fire that broke out at 3:54 pm on Thursday in Marzagão, in the municipality of Carrazeda de Ansiães, where three air assets were involved, was being fought by 171 operatives supported by 57 vehicles.
According to the Aveiro CDOS, at 5:50 am, there were 378 operational and 116 vehicles fighting the forest fire that started at 12:18 pm on Thursday in Sever do Vouga and passed to the neighboring municipality of Águeda. Read More…
