Fire at the Spanish border in Sabugal enters the completion stage

O fire that consumed bush and forest on the border with Spain next to the municipality of Sabugal, is dominated, with the contribution of rain that fell in the region at the end of the afternoon today, said civil protection.

“ The fire entered the resolution phase at 15:32 and was declared in conclusion at 17:52, at a time when it rained with some intensity in that border area of Valverde del Fresno, in the Spanish province of Cáceres, and Foios, in the municipality of Sabugal, which helped the operatives ", said source of the Subregional Command of Emergency and Civil Protection of Beiras and Serra da Estrela to the agency Lusa.

The fire, which broke out in the Sierra de Gata in Spain, had entered Portugal during the morning and kept an active front in that municipality of the Guarda district during the afternoon.

The occurrence mobilized 153 operatives, two aerial media and 48 vehicles of the various corporations of the Intermunicipal Community Region of Beiras and Serra da Estrela (CIMRBSE) and Spain.

The flames progressed in bush and forest in that mountainous border area.

The fire did not endanger housing or localities.

“ Portuguese operatives remain on site in surveillance to act if the fire comes back in Portugal and support the Spanish means ", added civil protection.

The alert for the occurrence was given at 10:01, according to the website of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC).

At 9:00 p.m., 14 operators from Portugal and Spain continued on the ground, supported by seven vehicles, in surveillance and rescheduling work.