6700 hectares burned in about a day and a half due to the fire that broke out at dawn on Monday in Castro Marim and spread to Tavira and Vila Real de Santo António, revealed today Richard Marques, Regional Operational Commander for Emergency and Civil Protection, during the operational situation review briefing.
Hours after the fire was considered to have been subdued, this person in charge gave an account of the numbers of the burnt area, calculated «using the Copernicus system, through the Sentinel-2 satellite», recalling that the fire «represented a potential [destroying] of 20 thousand hectares».
Now, it is time to "move into the period of consolidation, aftermath and gradually move towards surveillance".
“Demobilization will accompany the risk. We will keep the device in the field, thinking about possible reactivations that may arise», said Richard Marques.
This afternoon's briefing was attended by Patrícia Gaspar, Secretary of State for the Internal Administration, who made a point of presenting, "in the name of the Government", the "congratulations on the operation, to all those who were in the theater of operations in the last hours , both the firefighters in the region and those who traveled many kilometers to come here to help their comrades».
“As mentioned, we had an occurrence with enormous potential for destruction. The numbers we have today are quite positive and are due to the effectiveness of all those who fought the fire», he added.
Richard Marques also explained that "the priority", throughout today, when there was no need to evacuate localities, "was the defense of the National Forest, which was a very clear objective of the action plan".
Throughout the day, the fire was fought by “613 operatives, supported by 205 vehicles, 8 aerial means and 10 crawling machines”.
the fire it broke out at 1:05 am on Monday, at Pernadeira, in the parish of Castro Marim, having obliged to evacuate lots and take its inhabitants to Azinhal.
The muscular attack of the aerial means, yesterday morning, allowed the fire to enter under resolution at 10:20 am. However, in the middle of the afternoon, there was a strong re-ignition, which spread quickly.
The fire it was once again considered dominated today, around 16 pm.
Photos: Rúben Bento | Sul Informação
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