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Luís Belo Costa, Operational Commander of the Southern District District Group and Commander of Relief Operations, said at a press conference held at the Sobreira Formosa command post, in the municipality of Proença-a-Nova, that the fire “will have on 90% of its perimeter is completely dominated, “with 10 percent still to dominate, where the media is currently” working “and extinguishing existing outbreaks.
“The work is progressing very favorably. I would say that the situation is very favorable. We still cannot give the fire as a controlled fire, because we still have small hot spots that need attention and very dedicated work, which still do not allow us to give the situation as a controlled fire ”, he said.
The official explained that “there is no front with active flames.”
“We are, at this moment, doing a rigorous reconnaissance of the entire perimeter, with consolidation operations and also direct attacks on small hot spots, as I said,” the commander concluded.
Luís Belo Costa added that the fire has a “very large” perimeter, with about 60 kilometers, and that “it needs a lot of attention”.
“It will be a day of intense work, in these highly fragmented hot spots along the perimeter of the fire, with the sectors that were in the most favorable conditions and where consolidation and extinction work is still being carried out, the sectors further north being the fire, all in the municipality of Oleiros ”, he predicts.
The Proença-a-Nova fire, which broke out on Sunday afternoon, spread to the municipalities of Oleiros and Castelo Branco.
According to Commander Luís Belo Costa, at 9:00 am the fire fighting involved 1,020 operatives, 338 vehicles and four air assets, being a coordination helicopter).
