A fire broke out this Tuesday in a car workshop in Almodôvar and caused minor injuries to the owner, also implying the evacuation of a nursing home located in the area, For precaution, revealed the Civil Protection.
Fire alert was given to firefighters at 16.27 and, around 17.50, source from the Baixo Alentejo Sub-Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command revealed that the incident had already been controlled.
fire “caused minor injuries to the workshop owner”, who suffered burns, having been transported to Beja hospital, according to the same source.
According to the sub-regional command of Civil Protection, “For precaution”, the nursing home located next to the workshop, with “next to 70 users”, was evacuated.
The home belongs to the Misericórdia de Almodôvar and is located opposite the workshop where the flames broke out., said official source from Santa Casa.
The approximately 70 users were taken, “For precaution”, to the multipurpose venue of the local fair and exhibition park.
To 18 hours, the same official source from Misericórdia de Almodôvar revealed that the institution had just received instructions from the firefighters to be able to transport users back home.
They were mobilized to the scene of the fire 41 operational, supported by 14 vehicles.
News: Lidador NotÃcias/ Jornal de NotÃcias
