A fire in a first floor apartment in Quarteira on Saturday has left six people homeless and four of them injured.
The alert for the fire was received at 10:00am on Saturday morning, with the contents of the first floor apartment in the centre of Quarteira burning furiously.
Of the six people living in the apartment, four were transported to Faro Hospital due to minor burns and smoke inhalation.
According to a police source from the Republican National Guard, the causes of the fire “are still unknown and are being investigated”.
The mayor of Loulé, Vítor Aleixo, said that the municipality's technicians are monitoring the situation and collecting information, “to check whether people will need support to be relocated”.
According to information available on the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority portal, 19 emergency crew were involved in the firefighting and assistance operations, with the support of 7 vehicles.
Source Lusa
