Six boats destroyed as fire breaks out at Olhão port

Six boats were destroyed in a fire which broke out at Olhão port on Wednesday afternoon.

It was around 1.10pm when authorities were alerted that a blaze had broken out and spread to six sailboats which were on dry land at the port.

No one was hurt in the blaze, a source from the district rescue operations command (CDOS Faro) told Lusa news agency. The cause of the fire is unknown.