A First Alert Dispatch was issued for the Évora zone, specifically in the Portel area. The alert refers to a vegetation fire, meaning a blaze involving forest vegetation or overgrown land.
The response deployment consists of 14 operatives on the ground. Four ground resources were mobilized to combat the fire. No aerial resources were deployed for this incident.
This type of First Alert Dispatch indicates that the situation is still in an early phase, with reasonable resources on the ground, but without the use of aerial resources.
