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Around 50 residents were affected. Authorities are investigating the causes of the incident.
In Tomar, a young woman and her two children, a six-month-old baby and a nine-year-old boy, were left homeless because of Storm Kristin. One of the walls of the building where they lived collapsed. Journalist Paulo Leitão of Centro TV was at the scene.
Alfredo Bessa explains to CNN Portugal how the heavy rain that fell overnight opened a hole in the ground floor of a building in Penafiel.
A crane collapsed onto five neighbouring buildings in Figueira da Foz, causing damage and safety concerns. Six residents have been temporarily rehoused while authorities carry out structural assessments and investigations.
Six people had to be rehoused overnight after the crane fell.
The collapse of a crane damaged five buildings in Figueira da Foz in the past few hours and left six people displaced. Journalist António José Leite shows the state of the site.
A crane struck five buildings in Figueira da Foz at approximately 8am. The brief report did not provide details on injuries or the extent of the damage.
Information provided by Civil Protection, which expects considerable damage. The crane struck five buildings. Also in this programme, a live report from Leiria.
At 07:00 a crane collapsed in Figueira da Foz, resulting in six people being left displaced.
Six people had to be rehoused overnight after a crane fell onto five buildings in the centre of Figueira da Foz, the Sub-regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command of the Coimbra Region said today.
In February 1969 Lisbon was shaken violently — a tremor that helped shed light on the mysteries of the 1755 earthquake. But it did not explain everything, which means we only know that Lisbon will shake again.
Several residents had to leave their homes because they became uninhabitable after two flats were affected.
Bad weather caused the cladding on a building's structure to fall on Rua dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Coimbrões in Vila Nova de Gaia on Friday. Firefighters and Civil Protection were on site to ensure safety.
Bento Aires, national director of the Order of Engineers, says that constructions carried out today are placed within a regulatory and legal framework that is prepared for the demands of the future. Even so, “we cannot guarantee the structural integrity” of older buildings, he adds.
At present the cause has not been determined; authorities are 'investigating the situation'.
At 03:23 an explosion at a building under construction in Algés damaged nearby vehicles and neighbouring homes. The cause has not yet been established and authorities are investigating; emergency services responded to secure the site and assess injuries and structural risks. Analytically, investigators will likely examine sources such as gas leaks, construction materials or workmanship failures, while officials must prioritise resident safety, site stabilization and a transparent inquiry into regulatory compliance.
An explosion on Tuesday injured five people, one seriously. A technical assessment found a void beneath the slab but no significant structural damage. Residents are allowed to retrieve their belongings.
Firefighters from Gaia attended the scene and damage has been reported.
At least one person died and 11 others were hospitalised.
The fire started in an apartment on the building's second floor. The fatality is a 45-year-old man.
A fire in an eight-storey building in the municipality of Alenquer, Portugal, has resulted in one fatality; emergency services attended the scene.
A source from the West Sub-regional Command of Civil Protection said that at 09:45 work was still ongoing at the scene, adding that the fire caused the death of a 45-year-old man.
The number of displaced residents will rise from eight to 11 as a result of the complete evacuation of the two buildings.
