The fire that broke out in the early afternoon in Arrabal, a parish in the municipality of Leiria, forced the cut of National Road 113 (EN 113), which connects that city to Ourém, in the district of Santarém, confirmed to Lusa a source from GNR.
The same source said that the road cut occurs in both directions.
According to the website of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority, the alert for the fire was given at 13:47.
By 16:11, 99 operatives were on the scene, supported by 25 vehicles and four air resources.
Also in the municipality of Leiria, in the parish of Caranguejeira, a fire is active in the locality of Lagoa da Pedra. The alert was given by 13:48, and are in the theater of operations 136 operational, supported by 41 vehicles and an air means.