As part of their ongoing training, 12 members of the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) Search and Rescue team performed a reconnaissance/familiarity training mission on Pico do Cidrão, located between Pico do Areeiro and Pico Ruivo.
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Earlier on in the week, local firefighters attempted to rescue a small group of dogs trapped in the São João river in Funchal.
It was a happy ending for four kittens abandoned in Palheiro Ferreiro over the weekend, as the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) came to the rescue at 11:15 on Saturday night.
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.
Yesterday, and again this morning more than a dozen officers of the mountain rescue teams of the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM), and the Public Security Police (PSP) were involved in a search operation for a missing person at the Pináculo viewpoint, in São Gonçalo.
Late Saturday afternoon (08/01), several police officers were observed patrolling the Ribeiro Seco Bridge in Funchal.
Two tourists were injured this morning in a toboggan accident in Monte.
A 32-year-old man was found dead in his car last night at the Neves viewpoint area, and his mother, who was also in the car, was taken to hospital to be treated for shock.
Two fires in two abandoned houses broke out in Funchal today. The first occurred at 06:32 in Rua Bela de São Tiago, while the second took place later this afternoon in a property located in Rua Nova da Alegria, both located within the Old Town area of Funchal.
At 08:34 this morning, the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters were called out to assist a 46-year-old woman who had been repeatedly stabbed in the chest and abdomen. The incident occurred near the Estrela Restaurant in Santo António.
A yellow city bus (Horários do Funchal) caught fire this morning.
A man suffered serious head injuries this evening after a drunk boxing scene went wrong in the middle of Rua 31 de Janeiro, Funchal.
This morning, the Madeiran Voluntary Firefighters rescued a dog that was stranded and found lying on the riverbed of Ribeira da Lapa, Funchal.
Yesterday, the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) were called out to assist a 47-year-old man in Cabeço de Ferro, in Santa Maria Maior, who had leg injuries after being bitten by a dog.