A man died fighting a fire in the León region, the Prefect of Castille-Et-León (Northwest) announced on Tuesday, August 12, the second death in two days in the fires that devastate Spain.
“My sincere condolences to the family and the entourage of the deceased who participated in the fire fighting system in León, in the Nogejas area. That rests in peace,” Nicanor Sen Vélez wrote in the social network X.
The regional president of Castilla-Et-Léon also deplored “deeply the death of one of the volunteers who worked in operations [d’extinction] From the fire of Carballeda Molezuelas “, presenting his condolences” to his family, friends and colleagues in these difficult times. “
“Be very careful and follow the authorities of the authorities at any time,” Alfonso Fernández Mañueco continued in X.
Several injured in intensive care
A few moments later, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reacted on the same network, deplorating “the death of a volunteer while carrying out extinction work in León”, before wishing “a lot of courage and a rapid recovery for people injured in this same fire.”
According to Cadena Ser, the victim is a young man who had joined the system voluntarily. He was accompanied by another person, who was injured. The authorities have mentioned several injured people, some of which are in intensive care.
Carballeda Molezuelas fire, and more widely Castilla-Et-Leon, many concerns help: the region records many fires in recent days, especially one, spectacular, in the medulla, the old Roman gold mines classified as inheritance of humanity.
On Tuesday morning, the Madrid authorities announced the death of a man, after his serious burns all over the body, in a forest fire in three songs “, a town 25 km from the center of Madrid.
This series of fires coincides with the heat wave that entered its tenth day on Tuesday with all the alert regions, including those of the north. Maximum temperatures are 40 ° C and night temperatures do not descend below 25 ° C.
Source: BFM TV
