The fire that started in the hills of Monchique officially has been categorised as 'overcome,' according to the National Authority for Civil Protection on Friday evening.
Due to the strong winds that are still in evidence, fire crews will remain on duty but fire command said this evening that the battle was over with only a few areas still being dealt with.
The number of firefighters involved in tackling the fire that has swept from the Monchique hills towards Portimão has risen to 668 with 216 vehicles and 8 aircraft attacking the blaze on several fronts.
Some inaccessible land has been left to burn as firefighter command concentrates on areas where a difference can be made and where property is threatened.
Portugal’s former prime minister, Antonio Guterres, has consolidated a strong lead in the race to become the next United Nations’ secretary general, after a third secret ballot.
Russia has argued that the top job ought to be awarded to someone from eastern Europe but Guterres remains in poll position to succeed Ban Ki-moon at the UN.
The regular D&B business start-up monitor has been published showing that for each company that has closed in the past year, 2.2 have opened for business.
Business insolvencies have fallen by 22% but the brisk start-up rate, with property companies leading the way, shows a positive picture for certain sectors.
The University of the Algarve is to take disciplinary action against two students over a prank last year that left one girl in hospital.
The case dates back to September 2015, when a 19-year-old first year student had to be rushed to Faro hospital suffering from a surfeit of alcohol, administered as she lay buried up to her head in the sand on Faro Beach.
Four people are confirmed dead and dozens injured after a passenger train heading for Porto derailed.
The train was en route from Vigo in Galicia to Porto. The incident occurred in the northwest town of O Porriño in Galicia around 9.30 Friday morning.
A violent fire that suddenly broke out yesterday evening in the hills to the north of Silves has been controlled and extinguished by an already overstretched fire service.
The blaze that seemed to come from nowhere tore down the slopes to the north of Silves towards the town, starting at around 21:00 on Thursday evening. There already are suggestions from the authorities that the cause may be arson.
At 5pm this afternoon (Thursday, 8th September) the number of firefighters battling the flames that started in Monchique last night and which now have spread into the Portimão district, reached 499 with full air and ground support in a massive operation.
By late afternoon the flames had reached the banks of the Arade river and were closing in on the Algarve International Autodrome where black-out conditions from the smoke made necessary the evacuation of the new hotel.
