Authorities with the help of an army and firefighting aircraft extinguish fires classified as a second operating level that threatens inhabited areas.
Strong winds complicate the work of firefighters in Spain, who are currently fighting up to 21 forest fires in the west of the country. The fires have burned a record area of the stands and they are not yet able to quench despite a drop in temperature, representatives of local authorities said on Wednesday. According to the AFP report, TASR writes about it.
Firefighters and fire extinguishers are helped by firefighters. Skills 21 fires in the west of Spain is classified as fires. 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. The wind, however, should be alleviated during the night, and the expected higher air humidity should also help and probably collisions on Thursdays and some fires plagued on Thursday.
16 days of heat
Until Monday, Spain experienced a 16-day wave of heat with temperatures beyond 40 degrees Celsius. The heats stimulated forest fires that claimed four human lives. Dozens of villages were evacuated.
For fires, the train connection between Madrid and the Galicia Autonomous Community in the northwest of the country was interrupted from August 14. The ADIF railway company informed that it will restore the connection as the track is already safe.
Dry storms as a cause
According to the Spanish authorities, many of the fires were caused by the so -called. Dry storms in which there is a lightning activity, but most precipitation evaporates before impact on the ground. In some cases, however, it is suspected that someone intentionally established 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 data from the European Fire Fire Information System (EFFIS), almost 400,000 hectares of forest stands have burned in Spain this year. This broke in this respect the previous record – 306,000 burned hectares in 2022, which was the worst since 2006, when such data began to be recorded.
