Firefighter injured during fire fighting in keys

Fire in Arouca requires the evacuation of a village and ends the Paiva's walkways

The fire that launched at 1:20 pm on Monday destroyed an agricultural warehouse with straw, hay and cereal that served for the food of the animals of a Vacaria in Bobadela.

A firefighter was injured during the fire fighting that launched on Monday in Chaves and which went into completion this dawn, confirmed to SIC source of Civil Protection.

The operational of the Firefighters of Mesão Frio, also from the district of Vila Real, suffered a shoulder dislocation during work on the groundthe subregional commander of Alto Tâmega and Barroso, Artur Mota, indicated to Lusa.

The firefighter was transported to the Chaves Hospital for observation.

The subregional commander of Alto Tâmega and Barroso indicated that During the day there will be a lot of surveillance due to the perimeter that the fire has reached.

O Fire destroyed an agricultural warehouse with straw, hay and cereal that served to food from the animals of a vacaria in Bobadela, According to the President of the Monforte Plateau Board, Luís Saraiva Garcia.

The President of the Board said that The stable of the cows was not hit, but that the food of the animals was completely destroyednoting that this was the most serious situation that occurred in its parish, as a result of the fire.

According to the website of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (Anepc), at 00h10 on Tuesday 249 operating and 80 vehicles were mobilized for this occurrence in Chaves, in the north of Vila Real district.

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