”There is no comparison” with 2017 regarding forest fires By TPN/Lusa, in News, Politics · 14-05-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has said that Portugal has improved a lot in terms of forest fires after the tragedy of 2017.
In Caminha, where he visited a cleaning action of a protection strip around the village of Venade, Marcelo said that “there is no comparison” with the panorama of 2017.
“It has improved in several things”, he mentioned, alluding, namely, to the creation of an entity in charge of planning an intervention on a global scale, new structures, the admission of more staff and “important steps” in matters of GNR.
Fire destroys only restaurant on Ilha Deserta in Faro By TPN/Lusa, in Algarve · 03-03-2021 13:43:00 · 0 Comments
Officials said that there were no injuries, and confirmed there was nothing left to save of the establishment
A fire that broke out late night destroyed the only restaurant on Faro’s Deserta Island, the Estaminé Restaurant. The alarm was raised about 11pm last night and reports claim the flames were visible from parts of Faro and Olhão. Commander Rocha Pacheco said that there were no injuries, and confirmed there was nothing left to save of the establishment