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Direct/ Fires. All Continental Area on Alert Due to High Temperatures. More than a Thousand Bombs in Combating Calls
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Fires that mobilize more means are those of Basto Celorico, Villa Cova and still of Ponte da Barca, in a resolution phase. There are also significant events in Fafe and Arkos de Valdevez.
After a weekend of particularly high temperatures, today there are more than 1,600 firefighters mobilized to face the approximately 35 active fires in northern Portugal, of which at least four are particularly dangerous. In some parts of the municipalities of Viana do Castelo, Braga and Vila Real the authorities have ordered the evacuation of the houses, while the situation is under control in Ponte da Barca, even if the fire - flared up Saturda…
Due to the risk of incriminating, Ponte da Barca, Castelo de Paiva, Arauca, Penamacor and Idandaha-a-Nova remain with the municipal emergency plans of Prote the civilian employed.
Fire in Portugal "under control" but firefighters brace for re-ignition amid scorching heatA massive fire in the municipality of Ponte da Barca, which has destroyed nearly 4,800 hectares, has been stabilized. Firefighters remain on high alert as temperatures are forecast to rise sharply.
Three aircraft and hundreds of firefighters will remain on the ground in Ponte da Barca to prevent weather conditions from causing flare-ups, said Civil Protection Commander Elísio Oliveira. "Winds are forecast for late afternoon. Right now, we run the risk of flare-ups at any moment. That's why we're keeping our firefighters in the theater of operations. There are difficult-to-access locations where we can't deploy firefighters," Oliveira said …
Three air and hundreds of operators will continue on the ground in Ponte da Barca, in the district of Viana do Castelo, in order to prevent climate conditions from falling reactions, the commander of Civil Protection, Elísio Oliveira. "There is wind forecast at the end of the afternoon. At this point we run the risk of, at all times, having a reaction. So we keep the media in the operating theatre. There are hard access places where we don't hav…
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