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On Monday, at a press conference, the Operational Commander of the South Central District Group, Luís Belo Costa, said that “a little more than 50% of the perimeter” was mastered, of which 30% had already been consolidated with “excellent work” . tracking machines “.
Luís Belo Costa also said that the flames will have already consumed an area very close to 15 thousand hectares, corresponding to about 60 kilometers of perimeter.
According to the commander, the greatest concerns are in the municipality of Oleiros, although there is still “one or another hot spot” in the municipalities of Proença-a-Nova and Castelo Branco.
Of the 33 people who were evacuated from their homes in the Oleiros municipality, Luís Belo Costa said that “as soon as possible” they will return to their homes and that the villages that are still in the line of fire did not cause concern.
Although the damage survey has not yet been carried out, Commander Luís Belo Costa said that some barracks were burned and a second home was affected.
