Forest fires in the northwest of Spain fed by scoring temperatures and strong winds, resulted in the evacuation of more than 1,000 people on Sunday and threaten a place classified by UNESCO, authorities said.
Some 400 people were transferred to the city of Caructo and another 700 of several locations located near the Médulas site, an old Roman gold extraction area known for its spectacular red rocks and listed as world heritage.
According to the head of the Regional Government of Castilla-Et-León, Alfonso Manueco, several of these fires are of criminal origin. “We will be relentless with the authors of these attacks against the life and security of people and against our historical and natural heritage,” he wrote in X.
A second week of heat wave
Forest fires have also hit the regions of Galicia (Northwest) and Navarra (North).
Spain undergoes a heat wave that enters its second week, with temperatures that reach almost 40 ° C in many regions, and this heat wave should last at least until Thursday.
Civil Protection has issued a forest fire alert in a large part of the country, with high extreme risk.
Source: BFM TV
