The worsening of the fire, which began Sunday in Aljezur and moved to the neighboring municipality of Lagos, was due to a re-order in the Feiteira area that originated four projection in one of the flanks of the fire.
The fire that began Sunday in Aljezur, Algarve, increased in intensity during the afternoon of Tuesday due to projections out of the burned perimeter that was being controlled by firefighters, said source from .
At a press conference, the second commander of the Algarve Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command (CREPC), Abel Gomes, said that the flames fed “by the continuity of the wind are now directed to this” from the region.
The aggravation of the fire, which began Sunday in Aljezur and moved to the neighboring municipality of Lagos, was due to a re-order in the Feiteira zone that originated four projection in one of the fire flanks, at a time when the means of combat were positioned in consolidation and extinction actions, said Abel Gomes.
“We had to reposition the means”
According to the official, the first projection took place out of the boundary burned by the fire, followed by four more projections that quickly surpassed the combat capacity of the pre-posted means. “
“We had to reposition the means and the actions take place by the flanks with the intervention of trace machines,” he said.
According to Abel Gomes, the projections made the fire perimeter widen for it, “increasing the flame area from 30% to 40%, now 60% of the dominated fire perimeter, there is a 40%.
The aid commander also indicated that there is an estimate of 2,000 hectares of area burned in the municipalities of Aljezur and Lagos.
The official admitted that there are now some fire line dwellings and some people from Vale da Corha’s “were advised to abandon the dwellings.”
Abel Gomes also said that in the afternoon there were two other fire ignitions in São Marcos da Serra, Silves municipality, “which motivated the diversion of air media to avoid another large fire, in an area of high risk.”
For its part, the mayor of Aljezur, José Gonçalves, indicated that “the registration of a second housing house affected by fire is maintained, continuing the municipal services on the ground to survey other damage that may exist”.
Also the mayor of Lagos, Hugo Pereira, indicated that the municipality has teams on the ground to survey any material damage, highlighting that “so far there is no registration of damaged dwellings”.
The second commander of the Algarve Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command (CREPC), Abel Gomes, also clarified that since Sunday, there were only three injured, ie people who needed hospital care, and nine people assisted on site, not being classified as injured.
