Portugal recorded four active fires at 5:30 am
OThe four ongoing fires were being fought by 194 operational and 53 ground assets.
At that time, in Sabugal, there were 138 firefighters, supported by 39 vehicles, fighting the fire that broke out at 5:11 pm on Friday, see the website of the National Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC).
The fire has already been considered an “important occurrence” by ANEPC, since it lasts “longer than three hours” and “more than 15 means of protection are involved”.
In the resolution phase, the ANEPC website indicated, at the same time, two fires, with 22 operational and seven vehicles, while in conclusion 17 fires, involving 465 operational and 138 land assets.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) on Friday put more than 50 municipalities in the districts of Braga, Vila Real, Bragança, Guarda, Viseu, Coimbra and Castelo Branco in maximum danger of rural fire.
The IPMA also includes several municipalities of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Aveiro, Vila Real, Bragança, Viseu, Coimbra, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Guarda, Santarém, Portalegre, Lisbon, Beja and Faro in very high and high fire danger. rural.
The danger of rural fires will remain high in some regions of the continent at least until Tuesday, indicated the Institute.
What is determined according to the IPMA, has the maximum, and the temperature levels from the temperature and the highest levels, from the temperature and the highest quantity of quality, at least in the last 24 hours.
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