“The alert for the skid, which occurred at kilometre 73, was given at 05:35. The heavy vehicle skidded and the load was scattered across the road, but there were no injuries,” a source from the Algarve Sub-Regional Command told Lusa.

The A22, which connects Lagos and the Castro Marim/Vila Real de Santo António border, in the district of Faro, is cut off, according to civil protection, between the Loulé centro and Loulé sul junctions.

At 07:10, 11 operators were on site, with the support of five vehicles.