The UME Takes over the Madrid and Ávila Fires After Days of Massive Evacuations
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The areas affected by the serious forest fires in Madrid, Ávila, Castellón, Guadalajara or Almería, to name but a few of the most recent and largest, have received on Tuesday consideration of areas affected by a civil protection disaster, which opens the door for natural and legal persons to receive damages.The Council of Ministers has agreed to declare catastrophic areas in 14 autonomous communities for 211 emergencies from 31 March to the pres…
The 2026 fire season has been one of the most destructive since records have been made, with areas of a size that has not been seen until now. In the fight against these catastrophes, the Military Emergency Unit (UME) has a leading role, which has participated in 531 forest fire-extinguishing work in the last 16 years. They account for 72% of their mobilizations, according to the information provided by the unit itself. What is the UME. As we ex…
The media of Castilla-La Mancha, the UME and several communities contain, for the moment, the advance of the fires of Ávila and Madrid towards Toledo
The president said that on Tuesday they will approve in the Council of Ministers the declaration of seriously affected areas."The magnitude of the disaster is very difficult to assume," he acknowledged.The fire destroyed with 45,000 hectares and there are more than 100,000 evacuated.
The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, has insisted on the importance of the State Pact on Climate Emergency, and has once again called for not only a response commensurate and proportionate to the magnitude of these emergencies, but also the incorporation of data and knowledge of science "to ... Continue reading "Sánchez insists on linking fires with climate change and announces aid from the Council of Ministers to affected areas"
A "call to the reflection that we must make among all" to reach "a great pact of state in the face of the climate emergency" It is in what the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, insisted again this Sunday, with the smoke near and the flames still burning in the vicinity. On this occasion in a morning visit to the Post of Command installed in Navaluenga (Ávila) from which the evolution of the fire declared last Wednesday in Burgohondo is…
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