Estela Silva / Lusa
Renovation work on a roof of a house in Figueiró dos Vinhos (illustrative image)
A soldier was repairing a roof at the Leiria Territorial Command barracks, which was damaged by the Kristin depression.
One military of the Republican National Guard (GNR) stayed today seriously injured to the fall from a roof that he was repairing at the Leiria Territorial Command barracks, sources from this security force and Civil Protection told the Lusa agency.
“The soldier is part of the maintenance team and carried out repair work on the roofs of the Leiria Territorial Command barracks, roofs that were damaged following the Depression Kristin”, stated a GNR source.
According to the Sub-regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command of the Leiria Region, the alert for the accident reached the authorities at 11:54, with resources from the National Institute of Medical Emergency and Volunteer Firefighters of Maceira rushing to the scene.
The victim, a soldier from 43 yearswas transported to the Santo André Hospitalin Leiria.
In the days following the passage of the Kristin depression, in Portugal when they were repair roofs of homes damaged by bad weather.
Eighteen people died in Portugal following the passage of depressions Kristin, Leonardo and Marta, which also caused many hundreds of injuries and displacement.
The total or partial destruction of homes, businesses and equipment, the fall of trees and structures, the closure of roads, schools and transport services, and the cut of energy, water and communications, floods and floods are the main material consequences of the storm.
The Centro, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo and Alentejo regions were the most affected.
The calamity situation that covered the 68 most affected municipalities ended on February 15th.
