The Military Emergency Unit (UME) has already completed the extinguishing work of the forest fire detected This Tuesday in La Estrella (Toledo), which is already in level 1 operational and employs 270 people.
Brigades of forest rangers have confirmed the consolidation of the perimeter in the forest fire and the withdrawal of some personnel from the area.
The causes of the forest fire in El Molar are being investigated: everything points to possible negligence
This has been confirmed by sources from the Castilla-La Mancha forest fire plan (Infocam), who have detailed that they have moved to the affected area during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. More than 50 military personnel from the Torrejón de Ardoz battalion (Madrid), belonging to the Ministry of Defense. What they have not been able to confirm yet from Infocam have been the causes of fire.
This same body, at 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 6, has Level 2 of operation established for the forest fire due to the possible impact on non-forestry assets and essential infrastructure and is currently maintained confined the Toledo municipality of Aldeanueva de Barbaroyaaccording to the Forest Fire Prevention and Extinction Service (Infocam).
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The fire, which was Detected at 13:39 on Tuesday by a fixed guard, is affecting an undetermined surface area of grassland-scrubland terrainaccording to the Fidias forest fire information system of the Ministry of Sustainable Development of Castilla-La Mancha.
In the firefighting work At this time, an operation is taking place that includes: 20 media (19 terrestrial and 1 for coordination and extinction) and 134 peoplepending the arrival of air resources.In total, 76 media have participated (53 land, 19 air and 4 coordination and extinction) and 380 people.
The risk of fires is already extreme in almost the entire Community of Madrid
In addition to the regional media working in the area and the UME, there is also the Forest Fire Reinforcement Brigade (BRIF) of La Iglesuela del Tiétar (Toledo) and Puerto el Pico (Ávila), both belonging to the Ministry of Ecological Transition, which on their profiles on the social network X indicated this Tuesday that they had been activated to participate in the extinction tasks.
The area that is being affected by the flames belongs to the Toledo region of La Jara, eminently livestock and with a high ecological value given the abundance of vegetation, hiking trails and natural bathing areas.
