The mayor added that the “situation is calmer”, but that the “damages are many”.

The fire that has been raging in Alvaiázere since Thursday has destroyed three first-class homes and injured a firefighter from that municipality in the district of Leiria, the mayor told Lusa news agency.

João Paulo Guerreiro said, at 11:30, that the “situation is calmer”, but that the “damages are many”.“We are surveying the damage, in addition to controlling the re-ignitions. We had to remove about 50 people, who are starting to return to their homes as there is security”, said the mayor.João Paulo Guerreiro also regretted the record of an injured firefighter.The commander of the Volunteer Firefighters of Alvaiázere, Bruno Gomes, confirmed that during a firefighting maneuver an operative suffered a fracture in his femur and that he is hospitalized.“We still have many reactivations and seven kilometers on fire”, added the commander.

A source from the Centro Hospitalar de Leiria informed Lusa that the Emergency Service of the Hospital de Santo André received in the last few days 10 people injured due to the fires.The fire in Alvaiázere, which rekindled on Tuesday, results from a fire in the municipality of Ourém, in the district of Santarém, which broke out on Thursday at 4:37 pm.According to the website of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority, at 12:20, the fire was classified as under resolution and 413 operatives were on site, supported by 132 vehicles.