Spain faces another day with, several of which remain uncontrolled because of adverse weather conditions. In particular, the authorities are especially concerned about those affecting the provinces of Ourense, Zamora and León. However, there is also concern for active spotlights in Cáceres, Asturias or Madrid. Until now, the fires have charged two fatal victims in Madrid and León, a 50 -year -old man in three songs (Madrid) and another of 35 years who participated as a volunteer in the tasks of extinction of the fire of molelling of La Carballeda (which affects the provinces of Zamora and León). Thousands of hectares have burned throughout the country, which has caused more than 5,000 people to spend Tuesday night out of their homes.
The Minister of Ecological Transition, in 14 the forest fires that remain active in seven autonomous communities. Waiting for the causes of the foci to be clarified, they are estimated that several of them have been provoked: “All are under investigation, it is still precipitated, prematurely to have the quantification of how many have been caused, but on several of them there is quite intuition that they may have been due to virulence and how they have evolved,” he said.
The president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, warns that the situation of fires remains serious and thanked the work of those who work to combat the flames and has called for extreme caution: “The situation of fires remains serious. Extreme caution is essential,” he said in his profile in X. “Thank you, once again, to whom you work tirelessly to combat the flames,” Aemet in which they warn of the danger of fire in most of Spain “despite the probability of showers in many areas.”
Emergency teams continue to fight fire in different parts of our country.
The situation of fires is still serious. Extreme precaution is essential.
Thank you, once again, to whom you work tirelessly to combat the flames.
– Pedro Sánchez (@sánchezCastejon)
One of the most complicated fires of the Peninsula is that of Chandrexa de Queixa, which has burned more than 3,500 hectares since Friday and to which on Wednesday there are troops from the UME. The situation is also difficult in León, where 4,300 people from 23 villages have had to be evacuated by the Mozyuelas de la Carballeda fire, which affects the provinces of Zamora and León, in which a volunteer died last night. In Zamora there is also a fire in Pors, where there have been six injured, two of them admitted to the ICU and has evacuated more than 450 people. Four firefighters were injured in the fires that affect the province of Ourense.
The fires have resulted in two dead in Madrid and León. In Madrid, a person died after having suffered gravity burns in the fire recorded in three songs and a volunteer who tried to turn off the fire of the Mozyuelas of La Carballeda fire, which affects the provinces of Zamora and León, died Tuesday night, according to sources of government delegation.
The technical director of Extinction of the forest fire of Mozyuelas de la Carballeda, Mar Lejarraga, has predicted a “very complicated” day in the control of this fire as a result of the meteorological instability. In statements collected by Europa Press, he pointed out that the work during the last night has focused on “direct attacks and technical fire”, with heavy machinery support, before “many active points” and the presence of “very virulent fire languages”.
In Castilla-La Mancha, that of Navalmolalejo is still active, which extended to Cáceres, and has declared another in Calera and Chozas, which has forced 5,000 neighbors of Alberche del Caudillo to cut two roads. The authorities stabilized the tariff fire last night.
Up to 42 provinces have active weather notices for Wednesday due to temperatures that can reach 42 degrees, rainfall and storms, according to the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet). Specifically, Cáceres and Badajoz (Extremadura), Girona and Lleida (Catalonia), Huesca (Aragon), Cádiz, Córdoba, Huelva, Jaén and Sevilla (Andalusia) and Gran Canaria have orange warning by high temperatures. Even so, the maximum temperatures are expected to descend in the Peninsula and the Canary Islands, although the 35 degrees will be exceeded in most of the southern half of the Peninsula, in the northeast and in areas of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands. The minimum temperatures will descend largely from the Peninsula and in the archipelagos, while in the Southwest Peninsular and North coastlines they will have a slight rise. The Aemet provides that the north wind in the Canary Islands and lift in the Strait and Sea of Alborán, both moderate with probable intervals of strong. Northern winds will also be moderate in Galician Atlantic coastlines. Loose winds are foreseen in the rest of the Peninsula.
This is the situation of fires by autonomous communities:
Castilla y León
The technical director of extinction of the forest fire of Molezuela (Zamora), Mar Lejarraga, has predicted a “very complicated” day in the control of this fire as a result of the meteorological instability. Up to eight natural spaces in Castilla y León are currently affected by the serious forest fires that from last week devastate hundreds of hectares of land in the provinces of León, Zamora and Palencia. There are six other active fires, although without being considered by the Junta de Castilla y León with the maximum gravity levels.
The accidents that do maintain great magnitude are those of Yeres and Llamas de Cabrera, in the province of León; Porcas y Mozyuelas de la Carballeda, in the province of Zamora; and in Resoba, in the province of Palencia, all of them with level 2, the maximum established by the protocol.
In the province of Zamora, almost 400 people still can return to their home, evacuated from the municipalities of Congosta, Villageriz, Alcubillas de Nogales, Fuente Encalada, Carracedo and San Pedro de la Viña, while the residents of Ayo de Vidriales are confined in their homes to avoid risks. In the same area, four roads in the province of Zamora remain cut, while in León they remained up to three roads by smoke and danger due to the proximity of the flames.
In the province of León, more than 6,500 people have been evacuated from their homes and have been located in shelters, sports center and a military barracks in the municipalities of La Bañeza and Astorga, among other populations.
Extinction worked have not stopped at night trying the extinction device the stabilization of the flames in a widespread perimeter where the first objective is the protection of the populations that during the afternoon yesterday added another 23 evicted populations, and which are added to the 6 already evacuated last Monday.
Galicia
The fires that remain active in the province of the Ourense have already devastated more than 7,000 hectares. Most correspond to the fire declared in Chandrexa de Queixa, which has already burned 5,000 hectares, while the one declared in Maceda-Santiso has reached 1,700. Another of the spotlights, the one declared on Tuesday in Oimbra, has devastated 200. The Xunta has decreed the emergency level 2 at the provincial level, something that did not occur in Galicia since the fire wave of the fall of 2017 that especially hit the south of Pontevedra.
Estremadura
A total of 258 people remain housed in the facilities of the Sports City of Plasencia and another 16 in the local seminar, after the evacuation of the municipalities of Cabezabelosa, Jarilla and Villar de Plasencia, in the north of the province of Cáceres, as a result of a forest fire. The Board has activated the operational situation 2 of the Special Civil Protection Plan against Forest Fire of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura (Infocaex), due to a fire originated on Tuesday in Jarilla that, according to the first estimates, has already burned an area of 500 hectares.
The fire has also forced the cut of several roads: the CC-214, which unites the population of Jarilla with the N-630; the CC-213, between head, Villar de Plasencia and N-630; and a neighborhood road that connects headwelling with the lathe. The Minister of the Presidency, Interior and Social Dialogue, Abel Bautista, presided over the 1.00 Cecopi’s Management Committee from the advanced command post deployed in the fire zone. The emergency device has mobilized more than 200 extinction, including 110 military from the UME.
Castilla-La Mancha
The fire in Calera y Chozas (Toledo) has been declared level 2 and has been asked to the population of the Toledo municipality that confines their homes for smoke. The CM-4130 highway has been cut, as reported by the forest fire prevention and extinguishing service (Infocam), which has insisted that during the night they have worked on the extinction of fire eight terrestrial media and 39 troops.
In addition, the CM-4130 road at the height of the Toledo municipality, from km 0 to 5.9, in both directions has been fully cut. The fire was declared on Tuesday in this municipality of Toledano, located in the region of Talavera de la Reina, in a tree -colored area near a farm. Emergency service sources 112 and the Forest Fire Plan of Castilla-La Mancha (Infocam) reported that the fire has originated in an area surrounding a cowboy and warned that the strong air would complicate its extinction.
Madrid
The fire of Tres Cantos (Madrid), which began on Monday and became the life of a person, has evolved favorably and this morning has been taken for control, as reported by the Minister of Environment of the Community of Madrid. “The fire has been stabilized for more than 24 hours and, therefore, it can already be given controlled in addition to lowering the operational situation or the infoma plan,” said Carlos Novillo. During the afternoon of Tuesday the fire of three songs was perimeter and during the night, in which 11 firefighters have worked, there have been no regrowths, although the operational situation 2 is maintained, according to the 112 service of the community. The around 200 neighbors who were evicted have been able to return to their homes with the supervision of the Local Police.
Cataluña
At 2.17 on Wednesday, the Firefighters of the Generalitat stabilized the forest fire between Amer and Susqueda, in Girona, which had started shortly before 8.30 pm. Up to 15 firefighters worked on extinction work. As reported by the Fire Service in X, the fire burned in three focuses, it is stabilized from dawn and has burned low/half -intensity forest vegetation in an area of difficult access. Six Fire Extinction teams of the Generalitat continue to work in the area.
Andalusia
Also during the early morning I know where five forest fire endowments remain with five pumps. The works are now striking in the rush of thickets in order to control the fire and that is finally extinguished. On Tuesday night they returned to their homes and hotels 2,000 people who had been evicted from the Urbanization of Atlanterra.
The Jabugo fire, which forced 250 neighbors to evacuate, is controlled and residents will be able to return to their homes, as reported by the Andalusian Presidency Minister Antonio Sanz. A ray that fell on a farm was the cause of the fire that was declared about five in the afternoon and forced to prevent the 250 residents of the villages of the pilgrims and the complaint, although no house has been affected, as the municipality, Gilberto Domínguez, has confirmed to this newspaper.
With information from Jesús A. Cañas, Eva Saiz, Sonia vizoso y óscar lópez-Fonseca.
