The front of the Monchique fire that entered the municipality of Portimão at the end of the morning was contained in Rasmalho. The flames "are already under control" and have caused "no major problems", despite having forced the evacuation of this location, he assured the Sul Informação the mayor of Portimão.
The fire raged "in a rural area and did not come close to homes," added Isilda Gomes. But, "as a precaution, it was decided to evacuate Rasmalho and bring people to Portimão Arena", where the hosting point that the Algarve das Misericórdias regional secretariat and the Portimonense Chamber created together.
According to the vice president of the Chamber Castelão Rodrigues, who was at the theater of operations – Isilda Gomes is at the Pavilhão Arena – the fire descended «from Casas Velhas and Ribeira das Canas towards Rasmalho», but ended up being contained before going there. to arrive. “We had done the containment strips and there were track machines on site,” he explained.
With this focus resolved, the concern goes “to the Casais fire, which can descend towards Senhora do Verde”, also in the municipality of Portimão. “We are already doing the reconnaissance of the area and we sent the tracking machines there”.
During the period when the fire was raging, land resources were supported by three Canadair planes, which supplied the tanks off Praia da Rocha, a moment captured in video and photography by many of those on the beach.
Heavy firefighting aircraft have now been sent to the front that remains active near Silves.
Aircraft refueling at Praia da Rocha, Portimão
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Second pass of 3 canadairs to supply at Praia da Rocha #Monchique
Second passage of 3 canadairs to supply at Praia da Rocha#Monchique
Posted by Fireworks.pt on Tuesday, August 7, 2018
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