A first alert dispatch was triggered for a rural fire in Telões, in the municipality of Vila Pouca de Aguiar, district of Vila Real. The alert was issued for a fire of vegetative nature, involving brushwood.
The authorities mobilized six operatives to combat the fire. No ground assets were deployed for the incident. An aerial asset was also requested to support the firefighting efforts.
The first alert dispatch indicates that this is a situation that requires an immediate response from civil protection authorities, but does not yet constitute a large-scale scenario.
