Ferreira do Alentejo: Fire equipment leads to the evacuation 40 users.
Fire in equipment, the second in less than a week, It led to the evacuation 40 users of Home / Residence of St. Barnabas Foundation, in Ferreira do Alentejo. Management, via Press Office, He says the matter is settled.
Four dozen of Home users / Residence of St. Barnabas Foundation, in Ferreira do Alentejo, They were yesterday (Sunday) evacuated to a drive attached deactivated, after a fire broke out in an equipment installed in a bathroom on the 1st floor of the building. It was the second fire that institution, involving the same type of equipment, a space of six days.
Overheating of a smoke extractor, It has been at the origin of the fire that broke out at about 22,35 Saturday hours, and later spread to a wheelchair, getting the two completely destroyed.
The heavy cloud of smoke that sprawl the building of three floors, Firefighters took Ferreira do Alentejo Volunteers (BVFA), which quickly occurred to the site, evacuating four dozen users, mostly bedridden, "Because there is the danger of poisoning" said the source of the corporation Lidador News (LN).
"Compared to the previous episode, They could not take risks and it was decided to withdrawal of people for a related installations awaiting new survey of ANPC. It is a resource situation ", He justified the same source.
The institution, which is based in St. Barnabas, municipality of Almodovar, explores other units, particularly in Moura and Beja, where mobilized personnel to assist firefighters in the transport and accommodation of users, as well as the repatriation of all beds for temporary space, service was only given as completed about the 04,00 Sunday hours.
The Office of St. Barnabas Foundation Communication noted that "the family members of users have been warned of the run. The situation in the main building is normalized and users returned to their quarters. The place where the fire is temporarily closed to evaluate the I happened. The building that was used as a resource to accommodate users, again to close ".
In the sinister place were 14 operating the BVFA, GNR e EDP, supported by 6 Car.
another case (September 2015)
A septuagenarian, user of the Support Center for Elderly (CATI), ancient Home of Terreirinho Parts, in Beja, managed by the St. Barnabas Foundation, It was left to the institution door, after moving to the new premises in the Carmel Hill, Also in the city Alentejo. António Morgadinho, Users do CATI, who had been amputated the left leg, It was left in the wheelchair to the door of the institution, with their belongings in plastic bags used for trash.
The Social Security, He referred the septuagenarian to a home in Barrancos. The management of the Foundation never provided clarifications on the case.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist
