The tragedy occurred near the Agua de Alto waterfall, at the end of a path that is not part of the official hiking routes, but is very popular with tourists
< p>A Spanish tourist in her 20s was killed during a landslide on the Portuguese island of Madeira in a mountainous area popular with foreign hikers, rescue services said.
Two other people were slightly injured in the accident. , also of Spanish nationality, relatives of the young woman who was killed, a representative of the firefighters of the community of Santana clarified in his statements to the Portuguese media.
The tragedy occurred near the Agua de Alto waterfall, in the municipality of Faial, at the end of a path that is not part of the official hiking routes, but is very popular with tourists.
“The only information I have at the moment is that there was a landslide on this path and that it caused the death of at least one person,” Santana Mayor Dinarte Fernandez told state broadcaster RTP earlier today.
Known by the nickname “the pearl of the Atlantic”, at a distance of 500 kilometers from the coast of Morocco, the archipelago of Madeira welcomes thousands of foreign tourists every year, who are attracted by its volcanic landscapes and its mild climate. A large fire has also been raging in Madeira for nine days, which has reduced about 50,000 hectares of vegetation to ashes.
Today's landslide “has nothing to do with the fire,” he said. however, the mayor of Santana. “This occurred in an area that has not been affected by the fire,” Dinarte Fernandez pointed out.
