There was a car accident this afternoon in Campo da Barca, involving two cars which caused significant damage to one of the petrol pump installations.
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The BVM mountain rescue and rescue team carried out a risky rescue operation this afternoon.
A 30-year-old tourist risked his life this afternoon by walking along the rock wall of the pier of Câmara de Lobos, while the sea still raged from the effects of Storm Oscar. In front of the incredulous gaze of onlookers, the man traversed the knife-edge rocks only to be engulfed…
Three and a half years after the tragic accident that killed 29 German citizens in Caniço, the German Embassy in Portugal continues to monitor the ongoing judicial process whilst maintaining contact with the relatives of the deceased.
A foreign man aged around 68-years old was admitted into the Emergency Department of the hospital at dawn this morning, drunk and suffering from head injuries.
A landslide in Caminho da Ribeira da Ponte, in the Vitória area, in Câmara de Lobos, left one person completely buried, and two others partially buried in their home yesterday afternoon.
A police source revealed to media outlet, JM, this afternoon that a paragliding accident in Madalena do Mar ended up killing both the instructor and student.
A UK driver, currently on holiday in Madeira, was yesterday involved in a head on collision near the Lagar Restaurant, on the road that connects Câmara de Lobos to Estreito de Câmara de Lobos.
Rua 31 de Janeiro was closed this morning due to a collision between a car and a bus.
The two people who were found dead in a ravine and in the sea in Porto Santo, are a German couple aged 54 and 55 years-old. A police source revealed to local newspaper, JM, that the victims had been living on the island for approximately two years, and were rarely seen out and about.
The Portuguese Navy, through the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Subcentre of Funchal (MRSC Funchal), in conjunction with SANAS Madeira, carried out a medical rescue of a 46-year-old fisherman, who had fallen aboard the fishing 'Mestre Afonso.'
Yesterday, several operatives from the Porto Santo Volunteer Firefighters were involved in a complex mountain rescue and relief operation.
The body of the man who fell yesterday 250 metres from Miradouro do Pináculo was retrieved from the sea early this morning, in a rescue mission that included 17 officers from the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) Rescue Team and five support vehicles.
A rescue operation is currently under way, at the Miradouro do Pináculo, by the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM).
A passenger was injured after falling over on a cruise ship this morning.