Just a small indication of the lives ruined by suspicious fires in a story carried by SIC Notícias of a car workshop in Travessa do Tronco, in Foz do Sousa, Gondomar, one of the places hardest hit by the flames that have been raging in the district.
A total of around 40 vehicles were completely destroyed. The owner of the workshop, Rúben Rodrigues, managed to save 12.
“It all happened very quickly” – there were no firefighters in sight”, he told SIC. “I grabbed the hose straight away, went to call the employees inside, got fire extinguishers, moved the cars as far away as possible I tried to save everything, but it was impossible”.
Rúben has four employees. He was one of the last to leave the blazing workshop. “This is my life. All my investment and my work is here”.
And now he has an impossible nightmare: who is going to pay for all the cars that burnt?
“My phone won’t stop ringing. Some understand, but it’s normal for people to want their property (…) there’s no insurance”, he laments.
Little has been said thus far about the causes behind these fires – far too many of them having started after dark. Without doubt, arson has been involved – hence the PM’s words earlier this week, insisting the government “will not forget, will not forgive” those responsible for “these atrocities”.
Source: www.portualresident.com