Huelva Forest Fire Destroys 3000 Hectares
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Part of the railway traffic suspended
After a night of intense work in the forest fire declared on Monday in Villanueva de los Castillejos (Huelva), to whose tasks of extinction has been added the Military Emergency Unit (UME), more than 400 professionals continue this Wednesday on the ground fighting a fire especially "complex" in which, for the moment, it is possible to "win time" due to the delay in the change of wind previewed for the day today.
With the UME, there are already more than 400 troops who have been displaced to stifle the advance of the flames. More than a hundred people continue to be evicted. More information: A fire in Villanueva de los Castillejos (Huelva) causes more than 300 evicted and advances towards Gibraleón
The fire continues in a site in Villanueva de los Castillejos that also affects San Bartolomé de la Torre (Huelva). A "more complex scenario" is expected, according to Antonio Sanz, adviser in functions of Health, Presidency and Emergencies in Andalusia. Therefore, the Military Emergency Unit (UME) is to be incorporated before a Wednesday in which a change of wind is expected that will make it impossible for the 100 people evicted to return to t…
Acting Minister of Health, Presidency and Emergencies, Antonio Sanz, has decided to elevate to emergency phase, operating situation 2, the decreed this Monday by the...
The change of wind forecast for this Wednesday raises the warning in Villanueva of the Castillejos against the risk of the fire spreading.

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