On Sunday, a helicopter fighting a fire in Portugal collided with high-voltage lines before falling to the ground and bursting into flames, killing its pilot.
A helicopter working to fight a fire crashed on Sunday in Cabril, northern Portugal, killing its pilot, according to what Civil Protection announced to Agence France-Presse.
“Everything indicates that [le] The pilot did not survive. The commander of the National Civil Protection Authority, Roy, noted, “This helicopter was responding to the Capriel fire when it crashed after colliding with high-voltage lines, and then caught fire, killing the pilot, its only occupant.” Estevez. He added that the pilot is of Portuguese nationality and has experience and has been participating in the firefighting system since 2013. The EcoRuel helicopter belonging to the Portuguese company Everjet dropped water on the flames that were advancing in the village of Cabril in the Castro Dire region (north). This outbreak mobilized on Sunday about 100 firefighters, supported by about twenty vehicles, according to Civil Protection.
A state of general disaster was declared. Facing high temperatures and strong winds, Portugal declared a state of general disaster on Friday with the aim of strengthening measures taken to combat the fires.
