Mira de Aire Volunteer Firefighters
A member of the Mira de Aire Volunteer Fire Department was providing assistance in a road accident in Porto de Mós.
One fireman of the Mira de Aire corporation was this Friday assaulted by a popular when provided assistance in a road accident in the municipality of Porto de Mós (Leiria), said the commander.
The commander of the Volunteers of Mira de Aire, Hélder Gonçalves, explained that the corporation’s resources were activated for a accident, a heavy vehicle that overturned on Estrada Nacional 243, in Alvados, with a popular, “after being warned to stay away of the scene, for firefighters to do their work, given with a crutch in one of them.”
“The firefighter was transported to the hospital of Leiria with the suspicion of having a non-nose trauma”, he told the Lusa agency Hélder Gonçalves.
No injuries resulted from the accident.
The accident occurred at 2:15 pm and at 5:30 pm the road was still closed to traffic in both directions to remove the truck and cargo, waste fabric, added Hélder Gonçalves.
A source from the Republican National Guard said at that time that there was still no forecast for the reopening of the road.
