The Chamber of Castelo Branco is going to invest a total of 442 thousand euros in the maintenance of fuel management strips, through a structured intervention that aims at the prevention of rural fires. This intervention will proceed as defined in the Municipal Forest Defense Plan of Castelo Branco for 2026. According to the municipality, a public tender procedure for the acquisition of services for the maintenance of fuel management strips in various locations in the municipality of Castelo Branco was approved in a private session of the municipal executive. "The procedure will be developed in lots, with the decision to contract and the respective authorization of the expenditure in the amount of 269,379 euros, plus VAT at the legal rate in force." The municipality justifies this intervention with the need to restore normalcy after the passage of depression Kristin through the region and assigns it immediate priority. "This situation is compounded by a demanding temporal ...