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Portugal is available to send up to 80 GNR elements and firefighters, specialized in the area of urban search and rescue, to Croatia, after the earthquake that killed at least seven people.
In a statement, the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) states that, together with the 500 campaign beds, which will still be sent today to Zagreb, the country’s capital, Portugal will be able to send “operational coordinators and up to 80 elements of the GNR and firefighters specialized in urban search and rescue ”.
The note adds that Interior Minister Eduardo Cabrita addressed to the Croatian counterpart “Portugal’s deep solidarity” with Croatia and “its condolences for the loss of life.”
Portugal is “following the evolution of the situation” and the country is ready to “cooperate” in whatever the Croatian authorities consider relevant, the minister added.
The MAI statement also indicates that the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) delivered 500 campaign beds, which would still be sent to Zagreb today, information that the Secretary of State for Administration had already advanced this afternoon. Intern, Patrícia Gaspar, in Carnaxide.
This is a supportive response that was made possible in less than 12 hours, with the support of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority, within the framework of the European Civil Protection Mechanism, which we believe can make a substantial difference in response actions to the damage caused by the earthquake ”, said Patrícia Gaspar.
The request of the Croatian authorities pointed, at this stage, to the need for means and equipment, and Portugal decided to help with 500 stretchers to accommodate homeless and homeless people.
Elements of Civil Protection are preparing the 14 cargo containers that will continue their journey, and the cargo should arrive in Zagreb tonight or Thursday morning.
According to the president of ANEPC, José Duarte da Costa, in addition to the 500 beds, “there is still the possibility of creating a command team for operations, teams in the area of extraction and search and rescue among the rubble”, but the Croatian authorities They have not yet requested it.
This possibility has now been confirmed by the guardianship.
Some 20,000 people will spend the night away from home for fear of possible aftershocks from the violent earthquake that caused at least seven deaths in Croatia, according to the latest provisional information.
The town of Petrinja was one of the most affected by the earthquake that, according to the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS), had its epicenter about 50 kilometers southeast of the capital Zagreb, in the Sisak region, shaken the previous day by an earthquake. less intense land.
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