To avoid becoming victims of fraud, the GNR recommended that citizensDo not allow strangers to enter your home, “even if they identify themselves as repair technicians (electricity, water, gas)” or State employees “without having previously requested the service”.
On the other hand, he advised that “always ask for a professional identification card” and, if in doubt, contact the company or entity that the person claims to represent before opening the door.
In addition to not delivering money, GNR called on people to be suspicious of “immediate cash payments for ‘urgent fees’, ‘debris clean-ups’ or ‘compensation proceedings’”keep your neighbors informed whenever a stranger approaches you and always report suspicious behavior to the authorities, either to the GNR or via the national emergency number, 112.
The Leiria District Command of the Public Security Police stated that it is “very important that people do not allow themselves to be deceived by the excessive availability and voluntarism of strange people”, asking “that they identify people and, if they are unknown, call the police”.
The PSP warned “of false construction service providers, sellers of materials and equipment, in particular generators, insurance experts, municipal or social assistance employees”.
“They should only accept help from people who are knowledgeable and perfectly identified, and report situations, seeking to collect physiognomic data and registration numbers of the vehicles used by these people”, recommended the PSP, insisting that they never allow strangers to enter the home.
The passage of depression Kristin through mainland Portugal, on Wednesday, caused at least five deaths, according to Civil Protection, several injured and displaced people. The Câmara da Marinha Grande counts yet another fatality in the municipality. On Saturday, two other men died when they fell from a roof they were repairing, one in the municipality of Batalha and the other in Alcobaça. In the early hours of Sunday, a man died in the municipality of Leiria due to carbon monoxide poisoning originating from a generator.
Falling trees and structures, cutting or conditioning of roads and transport services, especially railway lines, closing schools and power, water and communications cuts are the main material consequences of the storm.
Leiria, where the depression entered the territory, Coimbra and Santarém are the districts that recorded the most damage.
The Government declared a calamity situation, which was extended this Sunday, after a meeting of the Council of Ministers, until Sunday.
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