Two people who tried to contain a fire have already consumed half of the burned area with six thousand fires in Portugal
As in Portugal, virtually all of the Mediterranean Europe is burning. Right here, in Spain, he is already moving towards the biggest fire ever, which helps explain Madrid’s decision to ask for help from the European Union.
According to the Maps of the European Copenicus Satellites System, the Molezuelas de La Carballeda fire in Zamora has already consumed more than 36,000 hectares.
A fire that began on Sunday and even spread to León province that, like Zamora – the city where the treaty that gave rise to Portugal – borders Portugal to the north was signed.
Official statistics point out that this is already the largest fire in Spain since 1968, but the situation will hardly be here, so the authorities have prepared for a new record.
The 🔥 in Zamora, could have become one of the largest fires in 🇪🇸Aspaña [] Since we have records.
Around 30,000 – 35 000 ha
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To give you an idea of the size of this only fire, in Portugal they have so far burned about 75,000 hectares, twice the value recorded in Zamora. The point is that the area burned in Portugal was consumed by 6,010 fires.
In practice, one fire in Spain consumed in less than a week half of the entire burned area in Portugal during this year.
In your account on social network X, the Environmental Education Portal warns that definitive data will only be known when the fire is extinguished. “This surface we will have to discount the agricultural surface, as the forest fires statistics only take into account the exclusively forest area,” reads.
In any case, this will always be a fire to remember, because two people who were doing deforestation work in Nogalejas have already died in León province.
Abel Ramos, 35, died on August 12 later suffering serious burns, while Jaime Aparicio died when he was already in the hospital after being seriously injured in the same situation.
Although the fire is still considered as active, the extinction technical director foresees that the situation may improve. “The conditions have been very favorable thanks to the work of the means of extinction and meteorology,” said Manuel Moreno, in statements quoted by.
