The fire that broke out this afternoon in Pinhel county, district of Guarda, was mastered at 20:00, according to the National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC).
The bush fire which started at 13:21 at the site of Cerros, near the city of Pinhel involved in its fight 130 men, 36 vehicles and four operational aircraft, said the ANPC in your website.
Rui Ventura, Mayor Pinhel, told Lusa, about 19:00, the fire destroyed beehives, vineyards and olive groves.
The mayor said that was triggered the Municipal Civil Protection Plan to “start the aftermath with the use of backhoes and track machines.”
During the fight the flames, two firefighters from the corporation needed Pinhel to be assisted, according to the source Guard District Command Operations (CDOS).
The source told Lusa that about 16.50 one of the men suffered a poisoning by smoke inhalation and the other had a physical ailments.
The two men “came out of the theater” and received assistance in place, having been required to transport them to the hospital, he said.
Also in the district of Guarda the fire which broke out at 16:12 in Figueiró da Serra, Gouveia, was dominated by firefighters at around 18:04, according to the same source CDOS.
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