The tourist couple had been lost since 5pm and they were found, JM learned from a Civil Protection source. The two were always in contact with the authorities involved in the searches, which was decisive for firefighters and Forest Police operators to find the couple.
According to the Civil Protection source, the couple had launched the alert shortly after 5 pm, when they were in an area of Paul da Serra, but somewhat uncoordinated with the distances and locations. Therefore, via 112, they asked for help.
Not long ago, teams from the São Vicente and Porto Moniz volunteer firefighters and a patrol from the Forest Police had already found the tourists, just over half an hour from the main road, and were going to take them to the hotel.