The adoption of an alert situation in mainland Portugal, announced this Sunday by the Government, still implies prohibitions such as movement in forests and carrying out fires, the Ministry of Internal Administration warned in a statement.
Despite representing a decrease in the level of readiness in fighting fires compared to the last week, in which Portugal was in a contingency situation, the current risk of fires still requires “measures of an exceptional nature”, says the ministry led by José Luis Carneiro.
The alert situation implies the “prohibition of access, circulation and permanence within the forest spaces, previously defined in the municipal plans for the defense of the forest against fires, as well as on forest paths, rural paths and other roads that cross them”, warns the Ministry of Health. Government in the communiqué, adding that “the carrying out of fires and burning of leftovers from exploitation is also prohibited”.
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