The Fire Wave Continues in Spain with Particular Concern for the Situation in Extremadura
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Fire continues to affect several secondary roads and the Board requests reinforcement of the UME to control the fire
The wave of forest fires continues in Spain, where in the last week more than 100,000 hectares have burned in 36 hot spots, according to estimates from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). Large fires remain active in the Peninsula in the provinces of Cáceres, Zamora, León, Ourense, Asturias and Valencia. Five other fires are controlled, according to the Ministry of the Interior. The Junta de Castilla y León has raised to Potenti…
It continues live the evolution of fires that hit several areas of Spain in the heat wave, with the last hour from León, Galicia and Extremadura, Asturias and Valencian Community.
Sending 50 Infoca personnel and two aircraft to fight the fires in Castile and León and Extremadura


One cannot yet speak of stabilising the perimeter of the great fire declared in Jarilla last Tuesday, but the Board trusts that in the course of the afternoon positive news about its evolution can finally begin. "We cannot speak at this moment of stabilization of the perimeter", said the councilor of Presidency, Interior and Social Dialogue, Abel Bautista, early this Thursday afternoon, to add that it hopes that tonight it is already possible to…
This article was originally published in Noticias para Municipios. Madrid comes to help with the serious fires in Castilla y León and Extremadura after the apparent truce in the region. The Community of Madrid has sent a helicopter to Castilla y León and another to Extremadura to help with the fire-extinguishing efforts. “We sent two extinction helicopters in support of Castilla León and Extremadura for the serious fires that are hitting the two…
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