Flames still provide no respite throughout the country: from midnight on Wednesday were recorded 113 fires in Portugal, according to information from the National Authority for Civil Protection. Data compiled by the PUBLIC, a database with available research tool and related fires recorded in the last 12 years in the country, indicate that 27.3% of fires started overnight.
AccordingNational Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC), 12 were still ongoing fires, and ten of which were considered major and mobilized more than 500 firefighters, backed by more than 140 vehicles. Of the ten fires, five are in the district of Porto, in the municipalities of Baiao, Amarante, Gondomar and two in Marco de Canaveses.
A fire in Amarante, consuming an area of ??grass between Murgido and Candemil was what mobilized more resources across the country: 115 firefighters (of 141 operational) and 38 operational vehicles. By early morning the circulation was cut on national roads 101 and 321, between the municipalities of Baião and Amarante, due to the fire.
Bragança, in the district of Vila Flor remained active even started a fire in the early hours of Tuesday. On site were about 100 firefighters and nearly 30 vehicles. In the Guard, in Vila Nova de Foz Coa, overnight started a fire that is being fought by 29 firefighters, who have the support of seven vehicles.
In the district of Braga, Vila Verde, also continues to plow the fire that started on Tuesday and another in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso has begun at dawn. In Vila Real firefighters try to control a fire on four fronts county Mondim de Basto, in Alvão Park. 68 are already in place fire, a total of 82 and 20 operating vehicles.
366 fires on Tuesday
On Tuesday, the ANPC recorded 366 fires that were fought by 6270 operating with the aid of 1724 vehicles. That same day we learned that the firefighter Bernardo Figueiredo, 23, injured during the fire in the Sierra Caramulo on last Thursday, died. Bernardo Figueiredo was the same group of Rita Pereira, Alcabideche a firefighter who died in fire fighting.
The commander of the Fire Department of Estoril, Carlos Coelho, told Lusa that Bernardo Figueiredo succumbed to his injuries. Belonged to the volunteer fire for about five years. The commander assured, however, that the fireman had a formation “well above average” in fighting forest fires.
For thisWednesday nearly three dozen counties North and Centre mainland Portugal with maximum risk of fire, according to information provided by the Portuguese Institute of Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA), quoted by Lusa.
According to IPMA, are most at risk of fire the municipalities of Headwaters Basto (Braga), Ribeira de Pena and Sabrosa (Vila Real), Gondomar, Valongo and Baião (Porto), Resende, Castro Daire, Vila Nova de Paiva, Tondela, Sernancelhe and Viseu (Viseu), Sambucus, lumbering Beira, ovens Algodre, Aguiar da Beira and Trancoso (Guard), Arganil, Gois, Sierra Pampilhosa (Coimbra), potters, and Serta Vila de Rei (Castelo Branco), and Figueiró Pedrogão Grande Wines (Leiria), Sardoal and Macau (Santarém).
fire risk determined by IPMA comprises five levels ranging from reduced and maximum values. The calculation is done based on the values ??observed at 13.00 each day of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and precipitation amount occurring in the last 24 hours.
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