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“Everyone, without exception, we are all sitting (where I include myself) to see on the couch what is happening to the country.”
It was a panic Friday in the village of They ceremo, in Pinhel (guard). You fires They surrounded the village and left the inhabitants in despair.
Six houses and at least six vehicles burned over the flames, which killed some animals, between sheep and goats.
Pedro Ivo, President of the Massieime Land Parish Council (Herbs / Cherry), said the “Fire was far, but in two minutes came to the village”.
“There was no hypothesis. There are no means. I don’t know you tell you. It is the total despair And… only those who live these situations… it’s very sad, ”added the president of the joint, in tears.
Sérgio Costa, Mayor of Guarda City Councilleft strong words: “We are all full of what is happening. All, without exception, we are all seated (where I include myself) to see on the couch what is happening to the country. ”
“Leave yourself on wars. This is a warning to national political navigation, which are all responsible for this process: Stop playing the elections -President of the Republic, candidates for President of the Republic, Prime Minister, representatives of the Assembly of the Republic, political parties-end with that, they feel at the table, to all have a regime pact. To see if we manage to default this, end this once and for all. ”
The mayor also regretted the lack of government calls. It was only contacted by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Luís Montenegro canceled the rest of the vacation. Source of the Prime Minister’s office indicated to Lusa that the Prime Minister canceled the vacation she had scheduled between Friday and next Friday, August 22, having been vacation in the last five days “although with a public agenda on four of these days.”
Later, the same Sérgio Costa said at Lusa agency that the situation at the site was “uncontrollable because the means are very insufficient. I see here more vehicles from our parish councils equipped with the ’kits against firefed or civil protection vehicles,” said the mayor of Guarda.
“They are the popular and the parish councils to control. Twice, I asked for support from civil protection and they say they have no means. That is, the fire fighting system in the country has failed“, Said the same mayor, in.
“Abandonment” in Arganil
The fire of Arganil He extended to the municipalities of Oliveira do Hospital and Pampilhosa da Serra, all in the district of Coimbra, but also Seia (Guarda) and Covilhã (Castelo Branco).
The president of the Pomars Board (Arganil) accused the firemen from a village in the district of Setúbal of “abandoned”, When he guided the operational to a village that was without water with the fire at the door.
The case happened, according to Amon Dinis, on Friday afternoon, in place of Espinho, a small village with five inhabitants, located at the bottom of a slope near Sobral Gordo and Sobral Skinny “who were without water, without anything and needed help.”
“The firefighters were stops There in the village of the Corgos, I went there to call them, there were no longer doing anything, everything was already burning, ”said the mayor, who, in the face of the response of the operational ones that they did not know the way, made available to the place.
As they climb the mountain, in the face of the existence of mimosas in access, from preventing the passage, the president of the Parish Council urged the firefighters to remove the trees and the answer amazed him: Operations did not have a chainsaw “Because they are [bombeiros] Urban or I don’t know what, ”he said.
As a resource solution, the mayor called an acquaintance, a profession contractor, who eventually cut the trees.
The ‘entourage’ continued to travel, but when Amândio Dinis came to the village, he realized that the operational ones that followed him would have backward. “They received order of command and came back. Have you ever seen this? They were already nearby and grabbed, they came back,” he accused.
“They first said they had no chainsaw. After all they brought a ‘motorcycle.’
“‘You He excused us to bring us here ‘“They have said the operational, cited by the president of the Board.
Amândio Dinis said that the bright firefighter device consisted of four cars, but that the village of Espinho, located about seven kilometers, accompanied him “only one and command”, which returned backwards three kilometers before they reached their destination.
“If they are urban firefighters, if it’s not to fight [o incêndio]if this is the forest part, What do they come here to do?“Asked Ambandio Dinis.
“This is a misery, who commands all this is behind a secretary, for sure,” lamented the mayor.
The territory of the parish of Pomares, where the fire that broke out in Piódão had already been on Wednesday, was eventually fully consumed by the flames on Thursday and this Friday. “It burned everything, the entire forest part, the villages were saved,” he said.
