On Saturday afternoon, a fire broke out in the Portuguese resort of Costa da Caparica in the province of Almada. It was necessary to evacuate the beach of Sao Joao da Caparica, popular among tourists, near Lisbon. Three people were injured, including two firefighters.
From Sunday to Tuesday on the premises Portugal there is an alarm state related to high fire risk. During this period, the regulations prohibit lighting fires and carrying out field work in areas with a high risk of fire.
On Saturday afternoon, a fire broke out in the Almada province of the Lisbon agglomeration. As a result, it was necessary to evacuate the beach of Sao Joao da Caparica, popular among tourists. Three people were injured, including two firefighters who took part in the fight against numerous fires in this area of the country.
Fire was fought in other parts of Portugal as well. Medical services reported several firefighters injured in a firefighting vehicle accident in the Serra da Estrela mountain range in the east of the country. In total, five people were injured there.
According to the Portuguese civil defense services, more than half a thousand firefighters fought over a dozen fires across the country on Saturday evening. One of the teams from the northern part of the metropolitan agglomeration lost a fire extinguisher after it was captured by flames. The crew managed to escape.
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