Evacuated villages in Mursa, Valpazos and Vila Poca de Aguiar

Two of Mursa’s three fire sectors in consolidation and aftermath

Part of the fire that broke out on Sunday in Cortinhas, municipality of Mursa, in the Vila Real area, occurred at 9:20 am this Wednesday during the consolidation and clean-up phase, a civil protection source told Lusa.

“The fire is divided into three sectors: Mursa, Carraceda de Montenegro and Vila Poca de Aguiar. Currently, only the sector in Mursa is active, which has many resources, including those in Carraceda de Montenegro and Vila Poca de Aguiar. in consolidation and recovery,” Commander Rodrigo Bretelo of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) told Lusa.

Rodrigo Bretelo stressed that the firefighting operations in Mursa “are going well because it was easier to fight at night due to the low temperature and some humidity.”

“Most of the consolidation of areas with hot spots has been achieved. In any case, due to the extent of the fire, it remains active. But there is always the fear of new reactivations,” he said.

Fire in Chavez under resolution

According to Vila Real’s District Operations and Relief Center, the fires that broke out on Friday in the parish of Bustelo in Chávez entered the elimination phase this Wednesday morning.

According to information available at 8:55 am on the National Emergency Management and Civil Protection (ANEPC) website, 154 fighters were still fighting the fire, supported by 47 vehicles.

This fire broke out last Friday at 2:45 pm in a wooded area in the parish of Bustelo, municipality of Chávez (Vila Real) and was one of two that mobilized more resources earlier in the day (the other was Mursa, with 704 elements supported by 274 vehicles and air vehicle).

Thirty-five of the seven counties are at maximum fire risk.

Thirty-five municipalities in the districts of Faro, Santarém, Coimbra, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Guarda and Viseu. present the maximum danger of a rural fire in this environmentThis is reported by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).

The fires in Chavez and Mursa remain active, with more than 900 people currently employed.

Fires in the municipalities of Chávez and Mursa in the Vila Real area were still raging around 7:00 today, according to civil protection data, with more than 900 operatives deployed with the support of 314 plots of land.

The fire that broke out on Sunday at 4:35 p.m. in Cortinhas, municipality of Mursa, in the district of Vila Real, was the one that mobilized the most resources around 7:00 a.m., with 765 operatives supported by 265 people. land resources.

This fire in Mursa has already forced the demolition of the houses of 79 people who have been temporarily relocated to a support zone installed in a pavilion in the village.

The fire that started in Mursa, Vila Real, has already spread to Valpazos.

The fire that started in Mursa, Vila Real, has now spread to Valpazos, raging near Cabanas, which eventually did not have to be evacuated, and to Vila Poca de Aguiar.

During yesterday, two villages were evacuated and 40 people were evacuated from their homes. as well as

The fire, which had three active fronts, only has one, in a wooded area near Fiolhozo.

800 firefighters are fighting the fire.

There are about 750 operational staff and 270 pieces of equipment on the ground.

Early in the morning, more than a thousand operatives put out seven fires across the country.

More than 1,000 firefighters were fighting seven active fires on the Portuguese mainland at 00:30 a.m. Wednesday, with two fires in the Vila Real area being the ones that mobilized the most combat assets, according to civil protection.

According to information available at 00:30 on the National Emergency Management and Civil Protection (ANEPC) website, 1,011 people were deployed to extinguish active fires, supported by 337 vehicles.

The fires in the municipalities of Mursa and Chavez in the Vila Real area continue to mobilize additional combat assets, with a total of 933 combat and 298 vehicles.

Five active fires at 22:00, the most severe in Vila Real.

There were five active fires on the Portuguese mainland at 10 p.m. Tuesday.according to the National Office for Emergency Situations and Civil Protection (ANEPC), the most severe in the Vila Real area, in the municipalities of Chavez and Mursa.

Murça Front dominating 80%

The front that is working on the Mursa fire has dominated 80% since the reactivation that occurred this afternoon, said a civil protection source who said 40 elderly people were removed as a precaution from the Fiolhoso home.

“Right now we have the Mursa area with a front that is already about 80% dominant, then in Vila Pouca de Aguiar we have small outbreaks that are already being fought and practically eradicated, and then we have in Carracedo de Montenegro (Valpazos), the whole situation was also under control,” said Regional Commander for Emergency and Civil Protection (COREPC) North Carlos Rodríguez Alves.

Evacuated nursing home threatened by fire in Moors

On Tuesday, a fire forced the evacuation of a nursing home in the Fiolhozo parish in Mursa.

Evacuated villages in Mursa, Valpazos and Vila Poca de Aguiar

The villages of Fioloso in the municipality of Mursa, Cabanas in Valpazos and Sevivas in Vila Poca de Aguiar will be evacuated due to a fire in the region, a civil protection source from Vila Real told Lusa on Tuesday.

A source from the District Relief Operations Center (CDOS) of Vila Real added that “due to the very strong wind that is being felt in the region, the fire is moving closer to the villages.”

GNR detains two suspected firefighters in Povoa de Lagnoso and Celorico de Basto.

The GNR detained two more suspected perpetrators of the forest fires that occurred in the municipalities of Povoa de Lagnoso and Celorico de Basto, Braga district, in different situations, the security service said on Tuesday.

The fire in Mursa has already destroyed between 10,000 and 12,000 hectares.

Mursa Mayor Mario Artur López estimated on Tuesday that the fire, which started on Sunday in Cortinhas, has already destroyed between 10,000 and 12,000 hectares in the three affected municipalities.

Mario Artur López pointed out that “more than half of the municipality” was affected by the fire, which developed “very quickly”, propelled by the wind, and spread through the municipalities of Vila Poca de Aguiar and Valpazos.

In the first assessment, the mayor estimated between 10,000 and 12,000 hectares of burnt areas in the three municipalities of the Vila Real district.

The Chamber of Ourém estimates the burnt area at about 3,000 ha.

The municipality of Ourema estimates a burnt area of ​​about 3,000 hectares in a preliminary assessment of the fires that devastated the municipality last week, said the president of this municipality.

“The municipality of Ourem already has a team in place responsible for calculating the damage, and it is still regrettable that their own house, workshop and about 3,000 hectares of forest burned down,” the message says. Luis Albuquerque’s statement at the last executive meeting.

Luis Albuquerque added that, “despite investments in prevention and control,” it was not possible to “save” the municipality from “this scourge of fires.”

Seven aircraft and more than 600 firefighters put out a fire in Mursa, Vila Real.

The Mursa fire continues to spread, with 631 firefighters, 218 vehicles and seven aircraft supporting it as they try to put out the blaze.

The fire, which started on Sunday in Mursa, has spread to the municipalities of Vila Poca de Aguiar and Valpazos and has already burned an area of ​​more than 3,000 hectares, a civil protection source said.

Chaves fire believed to be under control, but firefighters fear re-ignition

The fire, which has been raging in Chavez since July 15, was thought to have been dominated by Vila Real firefighters, but operators fear re-ignitions are possible.

145 firefighters are on site, supported by 45 vehicles.

Be aware of the development of fires here.