Mértola: Autotanque rollover injures two firefighters.
Autotanque rollover injures two firefighters. anniversary day almost ends in tragedy. The two injured, considered mild, They were transported to the Beja Hospital.
Two firefighters were injured Saturday, with injuries considered mild, following the screening of a autotanque, occurred 500 meters from the city limits of Mértola, no Beja district, after the passage of the river bridge Oeiras.
The warning was given to 16,55 hours, when the car, capable of 33.500 l, followed for the refueling of other cars of the Voluntary Fire Brigade Mértola (BVM), fifteen minutes before had left for an agricultural fire that broke out on Mount Gatão, in São Pedro de Solis, just over 30 kilometers from the county seat.
The confusion, followed by rollover, It occurred on National Highway 122, in connection to Vila Real de Santo António, in the north / south direction, having the car tumbled to the right side, having the cabin "ascended" the stone barrier.
The two occupants, who were imprisoned, They suffered minor injuries, the driver had scratches on the head and hangs, a woman suffered a broken right arm, and was transported to the Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes, in Beja, in a situation where considered as "stable".
Relief operations, where was the district commander of relief operations (CODES), Lt. Col. Vítor Cabrita, They mobilized the fire Mértola and Almodovar, medical vehicle emergency and resuscitation (VMER) de Beja e a GNR, in total 15 operational, supported by 7 Car.
According to the data provided in the Civil Protection page (ProcivConstruct) This makes autotanque daily water supply to populations, It began the Sabbath day in the county, to 06,00 hours, with a displacement of St. John Caldeireiros.
feast day that almost ends in tragedy.
The Mértola Firefighters today marked the 48th anniversary, with a stop, parade of cars through the village and receiving a transport ambulance non-urgent patients (ABTD), offered by the Association of St. Bartholomew the Germans in Lisbon (ASBAL), no value 30.400 euros.
Before lunch, the president of the BVM, Maria do Céu Andrade, He left the challenge to the authority "to the need to purchase a new autotanque", with Councilman Civil Protection, Mario Thomas, guaranteed that "the same is being negotiated and will reach the medium-term corporation", concluded.
The Mértola is one of the most plagued with a lack of public water supply in many settlements, this being carried autotanque the daily water, a partnership between the fire department and the Public Waters of Alentejo (Owned), the Águas de Portugal Group. corporate direction of the source lamented the loss of autotanque, defining the vehicle as "the big breadwinner of fire".
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
