Aljustrel: Fire destroys warehouse building materials.
A fire, whose origins are being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Center GNR, destroyed in the early hours of yesterday a warehouse of building materials, located in North input Aljustrel.
A violent fire that broke out, yesterday morning, on the outskirts of Aljustrel, reduced to ashes and rubble, a building materials warehouse, which is located at the north entrance of the village (towards Beja/ Aljustrel), between the supermarkets and the old railway line.
In addition to the extensive material damage, We are mourning the death of one of the four dogs that José Manuel Higino, the business owner, had to save the place, since the space is outside the urban perimeter of the Alentejo village. For reasons yet to be explained, the animal succumbed in the middle of the flames..
The warning was given to 03,36 hours and when the local fire department arrived at the scene, the flames were already difficult to control., Given the many combustible materials in space. The fire was considered under control more than two hours later.
When Lidador News (LN), José Higino, justified that “everything in the warehouse and outside burned down”, from pallets, tubes, cements, and many other accessories for construction, justifying that “the damage is enormous”, not yet knowing how to quantify the value.
The businessman finds no explanation for the fire, leaving open all hypotheses for what happened.
In fighting the flames were 14 operations of the Aljustrel Beja and Ferreira do Alentejo Fire Department, supported by 5 Car. Military personnel from the GNR Criminal Investigation Unit were at the scene collecting evidence, to determine whether the fire was of criminal origin.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
