City of SC declares emergency due to lack of fuel

The city of Pinhalzinho ordered the departments to restrict the supply of vehicles and suppliers to reserve storage to guarantee the operation of essential services

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City in the west of Santa Catarina, Pinhalzinho faces fuel shortages

The city hall of Pinhalzinhoa city in the west of Santa Catarina, decreed this Wednesday (18) state of emergency due to lack of fuel. The municipal Executive determined that its secretariats restrict the supply of vehicles that are not intended for public health and safety services.

In the decree, the city hall also defined the municipal suppliers to reserve 10% of their total storage capacity to guarantee the provision of health, education, social assistance, public safety services, in addition to firefighters and Civil Defense.

The Pinhalzinho Executive still authorized the “mobilization of all municipal bodies” to work under the Municipal Civil Defense Coordination “in response actions” to “rehabilitation of normal services”.

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