Wildfire in Spain disrupts Madrid-Barcelona rail service as heatwave looms
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Wildfire in Spain disrupts Madrid-Barcelona rail service as heatwave looms
MADRID, June 18 (Reuters) – The high-speed rail service between Spain’s Madrid and Barcelona was disrupted on Thursday after a wildfire broke out near a section in Catalonia, rail operator Adif said. The disruption comes as Spain braces for the first heatwave of the season, with the risk of fire forecast to rise sharply from Sunday, particularly across northern interior zones, the national weather service said. Last summer, Spain and Portuga…
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The Economic TimesSpain wildfire disrupts Madrid-Barcelona rail service as heatwave looms
A wildfire near Spain's high-speed rail line in Catalonia disrupted services between Madrid and Barcelona. This incident precedes a predicted heatwave, with the national weather service forecasting a sharp rise in fire risk from Sunday, particularly in northern interior zones. Scientists attribute the increasing frequency of such extreme weather events to human-caused climate change.
A forest fire declared in the vicinity of the railway infrastructure in the province of Lérida has forced on Thursday to temporarily interrupt the traffic of high speed trains between Lérida and Barcelona, on the line between Madrid and Barcelona. The fire, originated at 10:30 hours in an area near the tracks, has immediately activated the safety protocols of Adif and the Firemen of the Generalitat, which ordered the preventive cut of the servic…
The Firefighters activate 12 facilities, with three aerial means, to try to control the fire, which affects stubble fields in an area near the railway line and the road A forest fire in Albi (Lleida) has forced to interrupt the circulation of high-speed trains between Lleida and Barcelona, due to the proximity of the fire to the track area, reports EFE. According to Civil Protection of the Generalitat, which has activated the pre-alert of the Fe…
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