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The fire is “complicated” and “out of control”, but “still with no homes at risk”, said the vice-president of the municipality in the Santarém district, at 18:00.
More than 200 personnel are currently fighting a wildfire in Mouriscas, within the Abrantes municipality, which began Saturday afternoon with two active fronts. While authorities describe the situation as complicated and out of control, no homes are currently at risk. Additional fires are also being managed in other regions, including Santa Marta de Penaguião and Celorico de Basto.
Update: Fire in Abrantes now involves 578 personnel
The wildfire in Abrantes has expanded, now mobilizing 578 personnel as it spreads toward the Mação municipality. While the fire is currently yielding to firefighting efforts, three people have sustained minor injuries, and authorities report that the blaze is still active.
The project has an execution period of 90 days and is expected to be completed by 26 January 2027. IP has two other road rehabilitation projects in the municipality of Abrantes.
Of the 64 units currently planned, 58 are in different stages of construction and the remaining six are awaiting the formalisation of a financing agreement with the IHRU.
The municipality of Abrantes seeks cross-border cooperation to enhance the value of the Tagus river and secure its recognition as UNESCO World Heritage.
The pastry chef's recipe results from a partnership with António Sousa, a Portuguese entrepreneur based in France and founder of Green Tech Novation, who created the Nata Zero project with Marianela Mirpuri.
A new bus service now connects Sardoal to Abrantes. It is the latest achievement of the Youth Participatory Assemblies, organised with the support of the Commission for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the 25th of April.
The installation of two mega data centres in the municipality of Abrantes raises “serious doubts about their environmental impacts, namely with regard to energy consumption; the quality and availability of The post Data centres threaten to ‘suck Tejo River dry’ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Environmental associations fear excessive electricity and water consumption.
A small group of Ukrainian military have arrived in Portugal for a recovery and rehabilitation programme, run out of a specially converted centre in Ourém, the world’s first ‘Support Centre The post Ukrainian military personnel arrive in Portugal for recovery and rehabilitation programme appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Investment exceeding 2.2 million euros includes 21% funding from the Recovery and Resilience Plan. The nursery will be inaugurated on Saturday, but a specific opening date has not yet been set.
The Abrantes Mutual Aid Group is 'more than just a mutual aid group, it is family, it is unity, it is socialising'. It is a place that simplifies things and where everyone speaks the same language.
Abrantes hosts around 420 survivors and caregivers this Saturday for a national meeting.
Stroke survivors and caregivers find a “second family” in the Abrantes Mutual Aid Group (GAM) to share difficulties and rebuild routines, in a city that will host around 420 participants for a national meeting on Saturday.
Portugal AVC, which marks its tenth anniversary on Saturday with a national meeting in Abrantes, has warned of persistent difficulties in accessing prompt, multidisciplinary, and continuous rehabilitation for survivors, as well as the burden placed on caregivers.
The association Portugal AVC marks its tenth anniversary by hosting a national gathering in the city of Abrantes.
Of the 32 days of closure recorded between January and mid-September of this year, 23 were concentrated between July and the first half of September.
Of the 32 days of closure recorded since January, 23 were concentrated between July and the first half of September.
The proTEJO movement argued this Tuesday for legal limits on water and energy consumption by data centres and a joint environmental assessment of the two projects planned for Abrantes, warning of the pressure on the river basin. In a statement, the Movement for the Tagus – proTEJO, based in Vila Nova da Barquinha, in the Santarém district, ...
The planned centres already have authorisation for grid connection, but the minister warns of high demand. The Abrantes case is “special” due to the closure of the Pego Power Plant in 2021.
Following a visit at the municipality's invitation, the minister also delegated the local management of the ZLT to Tagusvalley, which was previously under the command of the DGEG. She highlighted the industrial knowledge in the region, which should be leveraged.
The Government has postponed for a few weeks the auction for the allocation of 1,050 megavolt-ampere (MVA) of grid connection capacity to projects with storage, which was scheduled to launch this Monday, announced the Minister of Environment and Energy. “We had 62 submissions, each with several contributions, and therefore we are incorporating and...
Eight aircraft are currently engaged in firefighting operations in the Abrantes region.
The programme begins on 25 September in Água das Casas with a meeting of resident artists from the National Arts Plan for the Médio Tejo and Oeste regions.
Following a lay-off in July and a summer shutdown, the Portuguese Mitsubishi Fuso factory resumed operations on August 24. Production volumes remain undisclosed.
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Europe (MFTE) resumed activity in Tramagal on August 24th and this Thursday reaffirmed the factory as the central production base for its European operations, a role that remains unchanged following its integration into the ARCHION Group. The Tramagal factory remains the central production base for Mitsubishi's European operations.
The municipality had planned an investment of around 17 million, with RRP participation of about 15 million. Of the 3 main investments, one has already been concluded and the others are in the final phase.
After a partial lay-off in July and three weeks of holidays in August, the Tramagal factory is resuming activity, but production of the eCanter electric truck may be reviewed as the market is not responding as expected.
Two projects in the municipality — EDC ONE in Pego (300 MW) and Hyperion in Alvega (20 MW) — could consume 2.8 TWh/year. Quercus also warns about the pressure on water resources.
Quercus stated this Wednesday that the two data centres planned for the municipality of Abrantes could consume nearly 19 times more electricity annually than the entire municipality and demanded environmental impact studies for the projects. In a statement, the environmental association expressed concern regarding the construction of a second data centre in...
A fire at a recycling company in Alferrarede, Abrantes, forced the evacuation of at least 14 people living around the factory.
A fire broke out at a scrapyard in Abrantes, resulting in 14 people being evacuated from the area.
