Fire reaches “significant part” of the Paiva walkways – TVI24

The fire that affected for over 18 hours Arouca municipality, Aveiro district, and that hit part of the walkways Paiva was given as dominated at 07:30, according to the District Command Relief Operations (CDOS).

At the site are still 240 operating with the support of 72 land vehicles and since 08:00, from a helicopter.

forest fire broke out at 13:26 on Monday in the parish of Canelas and Espiunca and was fought by several fire brigades from the districts of Aveiro, Porto and Coimbra.

You can not, for now, account for the damage to bridges, but a few hundred meters have been affected by the flames, according to a source on site.

The Municipality of Arouca, through its website and social networks, confirmed that the fire “reached significant part of walkways” and that it was not possible “to determine the amount of damages.”

“Until normalcy is restored, the Paiva walkways will be closed,” also announced the local authority, which has pledged to go “taking note of the developments that arise on this occurrence as well as the return to normality “.