A bush fire in Poço Barral, in Santo António, mobilised local fire brigades this afternoon. According to an eyewitness, the fire was ignited by several drug addicts who live near the site. The fire spread consuming nearby scrubland and rubbish. Later, the same witness, stated that the fire team had to…
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A 40-year-old man was arrested by the Judiciary Police in Funchal, suspected of committing attempted murder.
An 18-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were evacuated from a house that was on fire in three different locations in Rua do Pombal, Funchal, this afternoon.
After the fires in Ribeira Brava and Ponta do Sol, Calheta's residents have said that they have been through the fires of hell.
In three days, the Regional Civil Protection Service has registered 7 fires. Most of them in the Ribeira Brava and Ponta do Sol area.
We (www.madeiraconsorcio.com) visited the Civil Protection Centre in Cancela (SRPC) (https://www.procivmadeira.pt/pt/) Fire prevention in the city Private homeowners know what to do in order to prevent a fire in and around their house – they are information sheets and articles around – but the Portuguese mentality does not lend itself…
Paulo Gonçalves, the arsonist whose actions caused the 'great 2016 fire,' is currently serving a 14 year sentence, for causing the fire which started in São Roque, and which destroyed vast tracts of mountainous areas before setting alight the island's city centre.
Both the crew from the Regional Civil Protection Service helicopter, and officer from the Volunteer Firefighters of Calheta were called out to tackle a fire in Rochão, in Arco da Calheta today.