“The landslide happened at the back of three apartment buildings on Rua Damasceno Monteiro. As a result of the incident one person was slightly injured and two buildings were structurally damaged,” a Fire Service spokesperson told Lusa News Agency.

According to the spokesperson, the landslide affected three buildings (from number 106 to 108), and two of them (106 and 108) received structural damage.

According to the spokesperson the Civil Protection service was at the site to analyse the situation and rehouse the 27 residents evacuated from the buildings.