Madrid, the capital of Spain, stared at a Friday with smoke on the horizon and the dyed sky of orange and gray tones, the result of the large forest fire in Méntrida, in the Toledo region, which began on Thursday and was only considered controlled today, after consuming 3,100 hectares of pastures and agroforestry area.
In some parts farther from the community of Madrid, the smell of smoke and ash remains also arrived, the newspaper said The country. The capital’s security and emergency agency asked Navalcarnero residents not to leave their homes and close the windows.
According to information released on the social networks of emergency teams, troops are working to cool the perimeter and still hot points, to ensure that no focus of fire is reactivated.
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The hardest affected places have about 2,000 homes, where about 6,000 people live. Although some dozens of people have been taken from their homes, there is no news of victims. People who have been relocated to a nearby sports center have already returned.
Spain recorded record temperatures this week, but there is a forecast of relief from this Friday. Still, the provinces of Malaga, Albacete and Gran Canaria still face temperatures of up to 41 degrees, while the provinces of Almeria, Granada, Cordoba, Jaén, Seville, Ciudad Real and Cuenca are on yellow alert, with 39 degrees.
