One of the fire fronts raging since Monday in Arouca municipality arrived on Thursday to Paiva Walkways. The local authority can not specify what time the fire will have reached the catwalks, but confirms that “at least one part is burned,” said Publico Manuel Andrade, the arouquense town hall.
PUBLIC contacted the Fire Arouca Volunteers, but confirmation had not yet reached the herd was in office. At 11am on Thursday they were on the ground 306 operational, a number that has been growing in recent days. There are still 97 vehicles and two air assets on site, a device that brings together corporations across the country.
After the arrival of the Alentejo fire, a group of urban car Lisbon reinforced the defense of intervention with settlements. The fire in the parishes of Covelo Paivó and Janarde mining in forest areas and in turn threatens homes since Monday, at the mercy of the wind’s will, which blows in the order of 80 km / hour.
Do post the Arouca Geopark, “the fire brigade and civil protection can barely see a foot ahead,” such is the density of smoke, described this morning Ricardo Neves, tourism technician Arouca Geopark Association. “The bridges will be closed until further authorities” confirmed.
The President of the Chamber Arouca depreciates, however, the destruction of the bridge, before the “tragedy that befell Arouca.” Speaking to Lusa, José Artur Neves state that does not admit “that point it as most important in this disgrace. Replace 100, 200 or 500 meters of walkway has no meaning. Replace a pine forest, oak, cork oaks and other trees that took 30 years to grow is that it is impossible. “
on Wednesday, the local authority had withdrawn about 1500 people who were in place as a precaution. Gangways Paiva already smoldered for less than a year, following another fire. Only reopened in February after having been rebuilt about 600 meters walkway.
During this morning, Aveiro was the district that focused more operational and means to fight fires on the continent, with 1191 men in ground, backed by 379 vehicles, to fight 13 fires.
“All [the fire district] are worrying. it depends on the type of classification or importance given to the various factors. This [Arouca] has a very urban pressure, Anadia also the Agueda has less, but all are important, “said Lusa the district operational commander, José Bismarck.
” [in Arouca] is very close houses and what we are doing is a perimeter defense to the houses, “he said. Already Agueda fire continued at that time to present a situation “unfavorable, but to give the means of combat”, and the fire Anadia / Mealhada also was “unfavorable,” he added.
The district operational commander Aveiro said that during the night continued to be houses at risk, a situation that is expected to continue in the coming hours, particularly in Arouca.
the Minister of Internal Affairs will be on Thursday, at 12:30, the barracks of the Fire Arouca Volunteers. Lusa
The ribbon of the Paiva Walkways, seen from the sky
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