Strong winds complicate the work of firefighters in Spain, who are currently fighting up to 21 forest fires in the west of the country. Fires there burned a record area of stands and yet are unable to extinguish despite a drop in temperatureRepresentatives of local authorities said on Wednesday. According to the AFP report, TASR writes about it.
Firefighters and fire extinguishers are helped by firefighters. So far 21 fires in the west of Spain are classified as Fires so -called. the second operating level, which means that they directly threaten the inhabited areas. Despite the slightly lower daily temperatures, the firefighters complicate the fireworks and the drought. However, the wind should be alleviated during the night and should also help Expected higher air humidity and some fires plagued on Thursday probably also rainfall.
Spain experienced a 16-day wave of heat until Monday with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. The heats there were stimulating forest fires that they claimed Four human lives. Dozens of villages were evacuated.
For fires was from August 14 Interrupted train connection between Madrid and the Galicia Autonomous Community in the northwest of the country. The ADIF railway company informed that it will restore the connection as the track is already safe.
Many of the fires were according to the Spanish authorities caused by so -called. dry storms in which there is a lightning activity, But most precipitation evaporates before impact on the ground. However, in some cases, there is a suspicion that Someone intentionally founded the fires.
Spain with extinguishing is helped by many European countries. Firefighters sent Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Slovenia. Germany deployed 60 firefighters and 24 vehicles, France 66 firefighters and 23 vehicles and Finland 26 firefighters.
According to the data of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) Almost 400,000 hectares of forest stands have burned in Spain this year. This has been broken in this respect of the previous record – 306,000 burned hectares in 2022, which has been the worst in this respect since 2006, when such data began to be recorded.
