Three seriously injured in Lisbon building fire lived in intensive care – Portugal
Two days after the fire that broke out in a building on Avenida Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, in Lisbon, the three seriously injured remained hospitalized and the building remained uninhabitable, a hospital and civil protection source told Lusa.
This fire broke out at 02:15 on Thursday at number 108, a mixed building: offices up to the 5th floor and housing from the 6th to the 10th, where 21 people live, causing several injuries.
As a result of this fire, 18 people were assisted at the scene, 14 of whom were transported to the hospitals of São José and Santa Maria, three of them in very serious condition.
Speaking to Lusa in the early afternoon, a source from Hospital de Santa Maria said that the three most seriously injured in the fire survived in intensive care, with reserved planning and ventilation.
This health unit also received more lightly injured people who, however, have already been discharged.
A source at Hospital de São José indicated on Thursday that the unit received five lightly injured people, who were discharged in the meantime.
With regard to the conditions of the building, in statements this afternoon to Lusa, the director of the Municipal Civil Protection Service of Lisbon, Margarida Castro Martins explained that during an inspection of the building no damage was verified and reiterated that it is now up to the protected condominium as Necessary Works for the Rejection of Normality.
The person in charge explained that there are no habitable conditions because the building is without electricity, and the conditions of the gas and water infrastructure are unknown.
The displaced are being accompanied and have housing alternatives in the homes of relatives.
On Friday, also in statements to Lusa, Margarida Castro Martins said that the fire started on the ground floor of the building, in the area where electrical and communications cables pass through, having spread through the opening to the upper floors.
The fire was reported to be extinguished at 04:20.
87 operations remain on site, including elements from the Firefighters, Municipal Police, Lisbon Volunteer Firefighters, civil protection, PSP and the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM), with the support of 40 vehicles.