In the last few hours fires they have devastated thousands of hectares in different parts of Spain. Firefighters, Military Emergency Unit (UME) personnel and other troops are working to stabilize the outbreaks and thousands of neighbors they had to be evicted from their homes due to the danger of smoke and fire.
The Vall d’Ebo fire is still active
Vall d’Ebo’s fire advances from virulent form and it has already burned more 9,500 hectares of forest mass in Alicante. “It’s one of the fires we should never be aware of. It was caused by lightning and it is developing with a difficulty that makes it impossible to stop it as fast as we would like “, declared the president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig.
In a statement, the president of the Provincial Council of Alicante and the Provincial Consortium of Firefighters, Carlos Mazón, indicated that about 300 firefighters operate in the area to try to contain the flames caused by a fire that continues to have us all with our hearts in hand ”.
Weather forecasts for the night indicate cooler and wetter winds could help contain the spread of fire.
Terrible view of the fire during sunrise | Provincial Fire Brigade Consortium
A thousand people evicted
The strong wind and the difficulties in accessing the area are complicating the extinction tasks. The Generalitat has activated the level 2 of your fire plan and the intervention of the EMU was requested, while the flames forced the eviction of nearly a thousand people from some urbanizations and scattered from the inhabited centers of Pego and from the districts of Benirrama and Beniali. The villages of Tollos, Famorca, Facheca, Beniaia and Vall d’Alcalà have been evacuated due to the advance of the fire.
Four villages evicted in Castellón
Four villages of the term of kiss (Castellón), where this Monday in forest firewere cleared for prevention in the presence of the fire, which continues to advance “quick way”as sources of the Consortium of firefighters of Castellón told EFE.
The evicted villages are Arteas from below, Arteas from above, rivers from above y cloticin the latter there is also a camping area, according to sources, who have not been able to specify the number of people evacuated.
The fire, as indicated, is still active and advances “rapidly” throughout the afternoon and the ground device is now busy extinguishing it, as the aerial device has already been withdrawn.
The fire of Zaragoza evolves favorably
In Zaragozathe fire of Añón del Moncayo evolves favorably and, predictably, it could stabilize throughout the day. The flames have already burned more than 6,000 hectares and forced the evacuation of some 1,500 residents from eight cities
The the fire operation is optimistic and hopes that if the weather forecast is met, it will stabilize in the last few hours.
Authorities urge residents to pay attention
Despite this, asks the Director General of the Interior of Aragon, Carmen Sánchez caution to neighbors: “It was a very important fire, it was not considered stabilized and there can be reproductions at any time “.
In this sense, the deployment of vehicles on the ground continues, where they work more than 350 soldiers. The area that still has some activity is La Muela de Borja, where we are activate some spotlights.
Municipalities evicted
The transfer of the municipalities of Vera de Moncayo, Alcala de Moncayo, With the, bulb, Trasmoz y Talamanteas well as urbanization Summits of Moncayo.
They are not yet able to return to their homes, the residents of Moncayo Yearlingwhere the fire broke out, e the bust.
Also the roads concerned have been reopened to traffic due to fire: N-122 between Borja and Tarazona, SO-382 between Vozmediano and Tarazona, CV-203, CV-606, CV-610, CV-846, Z-370, Z-371, Z-372 and Z – 373.
Galicia puts out four fires and keeps five more active
Galicia lived this Monday extinguishing four forest fires in the province of Ourense and hold others back five goods (one in Lugo and four in Ourense) with 2,488 hectares burnedinform the Consellería do Medio Rural.
The flames are already out Theirs isparish of San Cosmede de Cusanca, with 680 devastated hectares, and in La Gudina, in the parish of Pentes, where 76.47 hectares are burned, of which 51.88 are woodlands and 24.59 of scrubland. The fires were also extinguished You will be sillyparish of Astureses, where 119 hectares – 99.4 of wooded hills and 19.6 of low hills – are burned, and in Valdeorras oakCasaio parish with 440. These four fires in the province of Ourense amounted to 1,315.47 hectares before their extinction, in any case between 19:25 and 20:30 today.
There is the only fire in the province of Lugo Ribas de Silin the parish of Torbeo, in a point of the province of Lugo which borders that of Ourense, he continues stabilized after burning 40 hectares.
In Ourense, the flames have stabilized riversparishes of Fumaces and A Trepa, with 103 hectares and in Oimbra, parish of As Chás, with 70 hectares. The largest fire, with 2,100 hectares, which is what unites the outbreaks started in Fameparish of Camba, and in Chandrexa de Queira, Queixa parish, also close to stabilization. In Castle of the Valleyin the parish of Campobecerros, the fire was put out after burning 175 hectares and with different sources of origin, for which the Ministry says that “everything indicates that it is intentional”.
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Given the progress of the works today and the entry of a mass of cold air with rain in Galicia, the forecast is positive for the next few hours.
