Azores Situation Report Wednesday 26th March 2025
Man dies after being hit by a tree trunk in the Northeast
A 28-year-old man died in the Pico da Vara area, in the municipality of Nordeste, following a work accident that occurred while cutting wood.
According to information from the Northeast Volunteer Firefighters, the wood cutting was being carried out by a private company and the worker died as a result of injuries sustained after being hit by a log.
The alert was given at around 9 am on Wednesday, with firefighters sending two vehicles with seven members to the scene, joined by an Immediate Life Support (SIV) vehicle with two members and a member of the Public Security Police.
Due to the steep terrain, the ambulance was unable to reach the location of the victim of the work accident, but he was eventually rescued using an all-terrain vehicle.
According to the Northeast Fire Department, the 28-year-old man was transported to the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, but despite several attempts to revive him, he ended up dying.
Navy coordinates medical rescue south of São Miguel Island
The Navy coordinated, at 2:58 pm on Wednesday, the medical rescue of a 53-year-old man, who was on board the sailing vessel “IMAGINE”, flying the German flag, sailing approximately 480 nautical miles south of the island of São Miguel.
The crew member, a German national, presented a “clinical condition with a broken arm, requiring urgent hospital medical care”, the Navy said in a press release.
The rescue was carried out by the Portuguese Air Force’s EH-101 helicopter, which transported the patient to Ponta Delgada airport, on the island of São Miguel, where he disembarked at 01:06 this Friday.
The Ponta Delgada Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC Delgada), the Air Search and Rescue Centre (RCC Lajes), the Maritime Urgent Patient Guidance Centre (CODU-MAR), an EH-101 helicopter and a P3C aircraft were involved in this operation.
Azores Civil Protection records one injured person and 45 incidents on five islands
The Azores Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service (SRPCBA) has so far registered one minor injury and 45 incidents on the islands of São Miguel, Terceira, São Jorge, Faial and Pico, due to the recent passage of the Konrad depression through the archipelago.
In a statement, the SRPCBA explains that most of the reported situations “continue to be related to falling and damage to structures, falling trees, road obstructions and falling electrical cables, causing some material damage. There is also a report of a slightly injured person on Terceira Island, who was taken to the health unit”.
The municipalities that are being most affected are Angra do Heroísmo, Praia da Vitória, Horta and Madalena do Pico.
The following entities have been on site to support and resolve the various situations: Firefighters, Regional Directorate of Public Works, Municipal Civil Protection Services and EDA.