Firefighters have already mastered one of the three fronts of the fire that remains active in a bush and pine forest area in the parish of São Teotónio, in the municipality of Odemira (Beja), indicated Civil Protection.
“Things are better, because the front towards the Algarve is dominated. But we continue with two active fronts, one towards the North and one towards the East “, told Lusa agency today the Sub-regional Commander of Emergency and Civil Protection of Alentejo Litoral, Tiago Bugio.
According to this responsible, “the flames are yielding to the means of combat”, which already have seven air means, he added.
The Sub-regional Commander of Emergency and Civil Protection of Alentejo Litoral also said that users of the Camping Park of São Miguel, evacuated on Saturday afternoon due to the fire, have already returned to the park facilities.
The alert for the fire was given to 14:49 Saturday and fighting the flames are, at this time, 333 operational supported by 102 vehicles of various fire departments of the Alentejo Coast, Algarve and Baixo Alentejo, plus seven air means.
During operations on Saturday were evacuated some homes in the area of São Miguel “as a precaution” and the National Road 120 was cut between 15:00 and 22:40.
