Firefighters climb stairs and protest with firecrackers at the Assembly of the Republic

The explosion of several firecrackers marked the beginning of the firefighter demonstration in front of Parliament this Wednesday, which at 12:25 pm brought together hundreds of protesters.

Some of the firefighters, in uniform, began to climb the steps of the Assembly of the Republic, in Lisbon, always accompanied by PSP agents, who maintained a cordon to stop them.

The National Union of Firefighters Sapadores expects more than a thousand protesters at the rally in São Bento, which began at noon, to the sound of heavy metal and rock n’roll.

At 12:25 pm protesters continued to arrive, filling Rua de São Bento with orange and green smoke cans and firecrackers.