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“We are going to have a warm, dry climate, with an east wind and little humidity. We will have a very high fire risk. Until next Tuesday, the country, in general, with a higher incidence north of the Tagus River, will see a very significant increase in the risk of fire. And this increase will also bring many difficulties to the device in the fight against rural fires, ”said the ANEPC district group commander Pedro Nunes.
The official warned that the use of fire “is not an option” for the population, “as well as the use of any type of machinery, either in agricultural areas or in forest areas,” also appealing to people to comply with the normative. security forces.
The country is on an orange alert until 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8.
“On Wednesday, conditions from the point of view of meteorological severity could improve slightly, as the country could no longer be influenced by the east current. It is a situation that is still under analysis at the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere and that will be confirmed in the next few hours or in tomorrow’s briefing, “he stressed, while underlining that” it cannot be overlooked that [o alerta] It can be extended. “
Speaking to journalists at the organization’s headquarters in Carnaxide (Oeiras municipality, Lisbon district), Commander Pedro Nunes also added that since the beginning of September there have been “around 400 rural fires” and explained that at this time the majority The concern takes place in the municipality of Porto de Mós, starting last night.
The objective, he said, is “to reduce ignitions to the maximum” in the country.
“The more fires we have, the more dispersed the media is, we lose some capacity and some muscle. It is one thing to treat 50 or 60 ignitions a day, another to treat 200 or 300. We are facing a scenario beyond the intervention capacity of the device. As a consequence of the increase in temperatures, the speed of the wind and the decrease in humidity, there will be more availability of fuels to burn and it will also bring greater difficulties for those who fight fire on the ground ”, he concluded.
