The fall of a wall, early in the morning of this Friday, December 9th, affected eight homes and displaced 17 people, in the Poço de Montechoro neighbourhood, in Albufeira.
The wall that fell belongs to a house that is still being built.
Ao Sul Informação, a source from the Algarve Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command said that the alert was given at 7:30 am and that the fall was due to “an earth movement”.
Of the 17 people displaced, 14 are adults and 3 are children.
Residents had to be evacuated as a precaution from their homes.
Contacted by Sul Informação, José Carlos Rolo, mayor of Albufeira, said that the local authority services are still on site «assessing the situation».
People who are unable to stay with family members, "will have a hotel unit available", already guaranteed by the Municipality.
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