Mainland Portugal in contingency with rising temperatures
After temperatures dropped on Monday, they will allow control of some of the fires that broke out at the end of the week, such as those in Carrazeda de Ansião, Ourém and Pombal, for today a forecast of a rise in thermometers, which can reach more than 45º. Celsius in the Tagus Valley and Alentejo regions.
Since Friday, there have been more than 300 fires in Portugal.
According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), on its website, temperatures in Portugal will be, during today, all above 28º (Lagos), 32º (Faro) and can reach 43º in Braga, Santarém and Évora, 42º in Leiria, 41º in Coimbra and Castelo Branco and 40º in Vila Real, Portalegre, Lisbon, Setúbal and Beja.
On Monday, until 6:30 pm, 79 forest fires were registered, 22 less than in the same period on Sunday and Protection to the National Civil Emergency Authority (ANEPC). At 23:55, no Civil site had a record of three fires in the resolution and 30 in the completion phase.
Today, the Prime Minister, António Costa, meets with the National Operation Center at the Carnaxide civil protection headquarters, after having traveled to the field, on Monday, to visit the prevention and combat operations centers. fires in the central area, in Coimbra, Lousã and Viseu.
Portugal has been in a contingency situation since Monday, which should end at 11:59 pm on Friday, but could be extended if necessary.
According to the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), Fires that have raged in mainland Portugal since Thursday have forced the removal of inhabitants from at least nine villages and around 2,500 hectares have already been consumed..
Provisional data from the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF) says that this year 5,481 fires broke out, causing 13,137 hectares of burned area, 68% of which in bush and 26% in forest stands.
The contingency situation, according to the Government, implies “the immediate activation of all emergency and civil protection plans at the different territorial levels”, the transition to the special red level alert status of the Special Rural Fire Fighting Device (DECIR) , with the mobilization of all available resources in the district, with the mobilization of all available firefighters, with the availability of contracting bodies of up to 10 new teams, the availability of contracting bodies of up to 10 pieces of equipment.