Spain, which enters its third week of heat wave alert, does not stop fighting the fires that are concentrated in the northwest and west, where the army has been deployed to help fight the flames. Castile-Et-Leon, Galicia, Asturias and Ends are now the main forest fire chimneys.
The prime minister participated in “a coordination meeting on fires” to analyze its development “, this Saturday, August 16”. The government continues to work to combat the fire with all means at your disposal, “he said in his X account.
According to the Spanish media, Pedro Sánchez will go to the two fires of Ourense, Galicia (16,000 hectares that went to the local authorities), and that of Leon (almost 38,000 hectares according to the real time of the European time in the real time of the European fire of fire forest (Effis) on Sunday.
The highway axes always cut
A dozen roads remain cut in the country, as well as in the train line between Madrid and Galicia, on the bridge of the assumption. The aid in Galicia sent alert messages to the phones, inviting the population of several dozen locations to be limited.
“If you receive this alert: keep calm and read the text carefully (…) in the face of the progression of fires, avoid any unnecessary displacement and stay at home. If you are outside and have no place to limit, stay away from the affected areas.”
Almost 3,500 Ume soldiers (Emergency Military Unit), called to rescue in case of serious fires, are sent to the various worrying fires. Galicia, for the voice of its regional president, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco asked: “Faced with an exceptional situation due to extreme climatic conditions and the multiplication of fires, (…) an exceptional response: in addition to regional units and Ume, we need more registration in the army available for the regions.”
An official reinforcement application
The end has also made an official application for reinforcements to the central government, in a country where fire extinguishing is in principle the jurisdiction of the regions, the central government intervenes in case of a large -scale claim.
The region has also requested the reactivation of the European Civil Protection mechanism, which had allowed France to be sent by two Canadians, since it left, asking for 100 fire trucks, 10 light helicopters and 10 amphibious helicopters. Spain must remain on heat alert until Monday, and these extreme temperatures have greatly increased fire risk. Since the beginning of the year, more than 157,000 hectares have been reduced to ashes according to EFFIS.
Source: BFM TV
