A source from the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) referred to the briefing scheduled for 11:30 am today for more information about the fire, which started on Saturday and has already covered 10,000 hectares.

The information available at 07:45 on the ANEPC website indicated that 1,077 operators were involved, supported by 367 vehicles.

The fire, which broke out in São Teotónio, in the municipality of Odemira, had two active fronts at the beginning of Tuesday night, forcing the authorities to cover a perimeter of 50 kilometres.

At the press conference held at 19:30 on Tuesday, civil protection reported that the northern front, in Odemira (Alentejo district of Beja), did not present serious problems, while the southern front presented two more worrying situations, at the intersection with the Algarve municipalities of Aljezur and Monchique (Faro district).

One of the biggest concerns of the authorities is to prevent the fire from entering the vast Monchique mountain range, heavily hit by other fires in previous years, especially in 2018.