“Everything to burn” in Spain. It’s as if London had been all ashes

Vacancy of heat and wave of fires do not slow down. Castile and Leão is the most problematic zone, especially in Zamora.

“Everything to burn.” The summary of defines what is happening in Spain, that crosses a more delicate situation than Portugal, with regard to fires.

Overall, southern Europe is going through a complicated summer, certainly one of the worst of this century. Spain is the country with the most dramatic scenario.

The neighboring country is already in third week in a row warning because of the heat wave, with forest fires that seem to have no end.

Spain is crossing one of the worst vacancies of fires last decades, warns.

There are several deadly victims, thousands of people already from home, especially in Castile and Lionthe most worrying zone – essentially in Zamora.

O army Spanish has already been called to help firefighters in the fight against fires. The government calls for (new) reinforcements to the European Union, the Spaniards receive alerts on the mobile phone so as not to leave home.

The regions of Castile and Lion, Galicia, Asturias and Extremadura are the main focuses. In Castile and Leão, at the beginning of Sunday there were more than 20 active fires in Zamora, Leon, Salamanca and Ávila.

In Galicia there were 14 active fires. That refers to these “alarming levels” in many autonomous communities, the largest fire ever in Galicia: In Chandrexa de Complaint and Vilariño, where more than 16 thousand hectares have already burned.

Throughout Spain, more than 150 thousand hectares. It is as if it has burned the entire city of London, Compares the Agency – London has about 157 thousand hectares.

Pedro Sánchez went to Ourense and León, two of the zones most affected by the flames. The high -speed train connection between Madrid and Galicia is cut.