Latest news and stories about public safety in daily life in Setúbal, Portugal for expats and residents.
Dragão Vermelho beach in Costa da Caparica has been closed to swimming following a fatal drowning incident and recurring safety concerns, with the ban remaining in effect until sand replenishment is completed.
A French couple has been placed in preventive detention after being formally charged with abandoning two children in an open field in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal.
The current legal penalties for child abandonment are criticized as inadequate, while reports highlight a significant surge in car theft arrests.
The Minister of Internal Administration has preventively suspended four GNR officers from Palmela for 90 days following charges of kidnapping, abuse of power, and assault against three minors.
A fire in a Setúbal apartment building garage has displaced 30 residents, destroyed one vehicle, and caused significant infrastructure damage, prompting an investigation by the Judiciary Police.
Mayors in Barreiro are opposing the closure of the obstetrics and gynaecology emergency unit, citing that over 16,000 births have occurred there between 2014 and 2024. They find the decision to close the unit incomprehensible, especially in light of ongoing healthcare challenges, such as ambulances being held for hours at other emergency departments due to high patient volumes.
Clarisse Campos, the mayor of Alcácer do Sal, expressed a sense of hope and community resilience in the aftermath of the recent floods that devastated the municipality. In an interview with CNN Portugal, she emphasized the collective desire to rebuild and support one another during this challenging time.
Authorities in Alcácer do Sal report a 'brutal' and rapid rise in the Sado river's flow but say the situation remains under control. Civil Protection is monitoring conditions, has evacuation plans ready should riverside areas flood, and expects the flow to rise slightly more before beginning a slower fall from around 04:00—timing that will depend on further rainfall and dam management decisions. Updates will hinge on precipitation forecasts and operational releases from upstream infrastructure.
The alert for the disappearance of the man, a 40-year-old Brazilian, was given to the authorities by a member of the public who was at that reservoir in the municipality of Alcácer do Sal, Setúbal district, shortly after 15:00.
A Brazilian citizen, aged around 40, went swimming in the Pego do Altar dam. He dived in and did not resurface. The body was eventually found less than two hours later.
The alert was given to the authorities by a local resident at 3:00 PM.
The suspects were detained, outside of flagrante delicto, by the Setúbal Criminal Investigation Department
A 17-year-old girl and boy allegedly used a lighter to set fire to the interior of a pavilion located on the beach.
A girl and a boy, both 17 years old, were detained by the Judiciary Police (PJ) for being “strongly suspected” of committing an arson crime in the municipality of Almada, it was announced today.
The two 17-year-olds were placed in pre-trial detention on suspicion of causing the large fire that destroyed part of an old bar at Dragão Vermelho beach, in Almada.
A 17-year-old girl and boy allegedly used a lighter to set fire to the interior of a pavilion located on the beach.
A 17-year-old girl and boy allegedly used a lighter to set fire to the interior of a pavilion located on the beach.
The detainee was formally charged and appeared this Friday for an initial interrogation at the Court of Setúbal.
A woman who owns a salon in Seixal, on the street where two hooded men robbed an armoured van.
Assailants abandoned the stolen van used in the crime.
An unusual armed robbery, targeting an ESEGUR ‘cash-in-transit’ van, took place this morning in Corroios, Setúbal district. Two men, using a stolen van, blocked the ESEGUR van’s path, threatening the The post Armed men hold up armoured ‘cash-in-transit’ van in Corroios appeared first on Portugal Resident.
In about two weeks, 12 rescues were carried out at the usually calm Fonte da Telha beach. The Lifeguard Association points to this winter's bad weather as the cause of the change.
Four months after a series of powerful winter storms battered Portugal’s coastline, lifeguards at Fonte da Telha are warning that the sea is no longer behaving as it once did. The post Storms bring new dangers to Fonte da Telha beach – lifeguards appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Between the last week of May and June 11, 12 rescues were recorded.
Home News Portuguese association warns of new dangers at sea Portuguese association warns of new dangers at sea Four months after the big storms, the sea at Fonte da Telha beach (Almada) shows signs of no longer being the same, with 12 rescues recorded between the last week of May and 11 June.
At the scene, there were 46 personnel supported by 15 vehicles from the Barreiro and Sesimbra Volunteer Fire Departments.
The alert was given at 16:11.
The motives for the assault remain, for now, undetermined
Around twenty emergency personnel are fighting a fire that broke out this afternoon at a bar on Dragão Vermelho beach, in Costa da Caparica, Almada municipality, according to Civil Protection.
