Rural fire , Carvalhal, Ourem, Santarem

 

Data: 19-08-2022 14:40

Estado: CONCLUSION

Local: Carvalhal

Freguesia: Espite

Concelho: Ourém

Distrito: Santarém

Incêndio: Forest settlement

N.º Oc. 2022140050823

The fire has reignited and became Active again at 1529 hrs

Deployment 340 operatives supported by 96 vehicles and 7 aircraft.

UPDATE 21st August 0830 hrs

Fire remains under resolution.

Deployment 351 operatives supported by 107 vehicles

UPDATE 2210 hrs

Fire remains under resolution with 563 operatives and 165 vehicles deployed.

UPDATE: 1650 hrs

Picture from NASA Earth today showing the area affected by the fire amounting to 4100 hectares

Fire remains under resolution with a deployment of 617 operatives supported by 188 vehicles and 3 aircraft

UPDATE 1200 hrs

Commander Nuno Morgado, from CDOS de Santarém, talks about two small active fronts and hopes to have the fire under control in the next few hours.

In this point of situation made just now, he says that the main difficulties are related to the accesses and the characteristics of the terrain. “However, operations are progressing favorably.”

Because of the fire, 34 people were removed from several places in the parish of Espite, as a precaution, but at this point they have all returned home.

Several buses were transferring passengers between the stations of Pombal and Caxarias, while the North Line was cut, an official source from CP stated but at dawn, the North Line resumed circulation, which was cut between the stations of Caxarias and Albergaria dos Doze.

UPDATE 0650 hrs 20th August 2022

724 operatives supported by 222 vehicles

UPDATE 2215 hrs

The fire is raging in several locations and dozens of people have been forced to leave their homes.

At least 50 people were removed from their homes today, as a precaution, the mayor, Luís Albuquerque, told Lusa.

“We are talking about a very dispersed territory, with houses very dispersed in the middle of the forest, and as a matter of precaution we understand it is good to evacuate some houses, anticipating that the fire could get close to these houses. This was effectively done, but not villages as a whole” , explained the mayor of Ourém.

The Northern Railway Line was meanwhile cut, confirms CP. The request was made so that the fire between Caxarias and Albergaria dos Doze can be fought.

In a statement, CP informs that there are several trains stopped at stations along the line , awaiting the re-establishment of safety conditions so that they can resume circulation.

The company also adds that several departures were postponed at the stations of origin.

CP is contacting several road transport companies in order to provide road transfer solutions. So far, it has not yet been possible to find the availability of buses to make this solution viable.

Video of fire close to train: https://twitter.com/i/status/1560679486584426496

UPDATE 2015HRS

A fire that broke out at 2:40 pm this Friday, in the municipality of Ourém, in the district of Santarém, caused large flames, which are already quite close to the train lines in the region.

Images have already proved the proximity of the fire to the carriages that, during the afternoon, still circulated in the region.

The cut in traffic on the North Line was meanwhile decided at 6:30 pm, according to information provided by the Lusa agency. The information was confirmed by Notícias ao Minuto with a CP source, who confirmed the existence of disturbances in local circulation because of the fire in Ourém.

The Aviário do Resouro, an egg production factory located in the parish of Urqueira, has meanwhile been hit by the flames, at a time when, according to the District Command for Relief Operations (CDOS) from Santarém to Lusa, the “fire is active with great intensity”.

UPDATE: 1945 hrs

The fire that broke out this Friday afternoon, around 3 pm, in the municipality of Ourém left the village of Pederneira surrounded by flames.

According to CNN Portugal, the fire is getting closer to homes — with an extensive line of fire that quickly spread.

The fire had already forced the interruption of traffic on the Northern Line and had reached an aviary. At the site, fighting the flames, 409 operatives remain supported by 118 vehicles and eight air assets, according to information available on the website of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority.

An accident between a firefighter vehicle, which was fighting the fire raging in the municipality of Ourém, and a car today caused three minor injuries, the District Command of Relief Operations (CDOS) of Santarém told Lusa news agency.

According to CDOS, the accident occurred, at 5:00 pm, in the parish of Espite, municipality of Ourém, and involved a vehicle belonging to the Constância Fire Department and a “private vehicle” that was “observing the fire” that broke out. in the early afternoon in the city.

The same source added that the three slightly injured were occupants of the private vehicle and were treated at the Hospital de Leiria.

SITREP 1700 hrs

230 operatives supported 64 vehicles and six aircraft

A fire that started at 2:40 pm in the municipality of Ourém, district of Santarém, is developing at great speed and there are housing clusters in its propagation line, said the Civil Protection.

The fire is reaching the town of Carvalhal, in the parish of Espite.

“It is a fire with great speed and propagation capacity. There are some clusters of houses in the line of fire and the firefighters are protecting them”, said a source from the District Command of Relief Operations (CDOS) in Santarém.

The fire is close to the towns of Maia and Carvalhal