Moura / GNR: Military injured in hospital fire in Port “in serious condition”.
The military of the GNR burned in a fire in the county Mourao, District of Évora, and he was transferred to the Hospital of S. John, no Porto, lies “in serious condition, but stable”, source said that hospital.
According to the News Journal (JN), a response sent Lusa, the source of S Hospital. John also said that the patient is admitted to the burn unit.
Five soldiers of the GNR were injured, with burns, a rural fire that broke out on Monday afternoon on a hill in the municipality of Mourão, and three were injured “graves” and they were transported to hospitals – University Hospitals of Coimbra, Hospital S. John and Hospital of St. Joseph, in Lisbon (in this case the military had initially gone to Evora Hospital).
The soldier who is hospitalized in Coimbra is clinically stable and with poor prognosis, said the Hospital Center and University of Coimbra (CHUC). According to the same source, “GNR from the fire Mourao, of 39 year old, He entered the emergency room of Chuc and is hospitalized in the Burn Unit.
“It has the 2nd and 3rd degree burns in about 60% body surface. It is intubated and ventilated, clinically stable and with poor prognosis”, He explained.
On Monday, source from the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) He told the Lusa agency that the five soldiers of the GNR injured in fire, with burns, are all men, aged 30 and 39 year old.
The soldiers belong to the Protection and Relief Intervention Group team (GIPS) headquartered in Moura, no Beja district, said the president of the Chamber Mourao, Maria Clara Safara, adding that these soldiers were part of the team of air means that participating in firefighting operations. However, could not explain how they were affected by flames.
The fire broke out around 16:30, on Mount Cannon, plowing in a meadow area, having the mayor indicated Lusa that the flames broke out on the border with Spain and mobilized Portuguese and Spanish media. The fire was dominated by 19:00 Monday.
