Firefighters confine 14,000 people for several fires in Lleida | News from Catalonia

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Bombers of the Generalitat has reported Tuesday that he works in a simultaneity scenario in the Segarra region (Lleida). Sanaüja’s fire has been notified at 2:30 p.m., it had stabilized at 3:52 p.m., but has revived, according to emergency services in a statement, and is considered again asset. At 17:08 the Torrefeta I Flower I Florejacs has begun, which evolves out of extinction.

The fires have been aggravated because of the atmospheric conditions caused by the storms that are affecting the regions of Pallars Jussà and, with less intensity, the Alt Urgell, Noguera and Segarra. Although it rains in some parts of the fires, the winds above 90 km/h cause erratic behaviors in fires. This has been the main cause of the Sanaüja fire regrowth.

Firefighters indicate that fires evolve based on these bad conditions, which forces to continually redesign the extinction strategy to safeguard the safety of the troops in an area of ​​more than 2,000 hectares. Regarding the protection of the population, 25,512 hectares have been confined by caution due to the erratic behavior of the fire and the dense column of smoke, which has formed a pyrocumulus of 14,000 meters of altitude, a phenomenon of dimensions never previously observed in Catalonia.

At 7:00 p.m., 33 land vehicles, 10 air and extinction airlines, and 102 troops have been deployed in the Torrefeta Fire, with the presence of the group of Forest Actions (Graf), support group of support (thick), forestry assistants (AOF), medical emergency group (GEM), Forest Active Prevention Equipment (EPAF) volunteers In the Sanaüja fire, 15 endowments are intended, of which 2 are aerial, one of command and a cistern aircraft, with 48 troops.

One of the confinements dictated in Sanaüja has been able to get up, while in Torrefeta two new ones have been ordered. The first affects 450 people and the nuclei of Cabanabona, Vilalta and Isolated Masías in the region of La Noguera, on an extension of 1,315 hectares. The second affects the populations of Oliola, Plantandou, Vilamajor, Maravella, isolated houses and the area delimited by the C-14 to the east and north; with an area of ​​7,677 hectares and an affectation to 235 people.

The third affects Agramunt and Guissona, on an area of ​​16,520 hectares and 13,166 people. More confinements are planned.

Regarding the involvement of mobility, the Servei Català de Trànsit informs that the L-313 road has been cut in both directions between Ponts and Guissona, between kilometers 4 and 20.

According to provisional data from the Agents Rurals Corps, the fire started in the municipality of Torrefeta I Florejacs, in the Segarra region, affects an approximate area of ​​1,000 hectares, mainly of agricultural land. The municipalities with burned surface are: Torrefeta I Florejacs (Segarra), Vilanova de l’Acuda (Noguera), Cabanabona (Noguera) and oliola (Noguera). Virtually the entire affected surface is within the limits of the protected natural space Valls del Sió-Llobregós, an area of ​​high natural and landscape value. The Rural Agent Corps has activated the investigation protocols to determine the origin of the fire and coordinates the affectation on the natural protected values ​​of space. The Sanaüja fire amounts to 40 hectares.

In an update of the 20.00 hours of Agents Rurals, the fire has affected 1,807 hectares. Due to the fire, Trànsit has reported that the C-14 is cut between the artisan of Segre i Tàrrega, in both directions.

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