Wildfires: 150 Evacuated From Spain’s Costa Brava
Strong winds forced residents in 10 municipalities to stay home as more than 200 firefighters and helicopters fought the expanding blaze, officials said.
- On Friday, hundreds of Spanish firefighters battled an out-of-control wildfire near the Costa Brava that devastated around 750 hectares of forest near the municipality of La Bisbal d'Emporda in Catalonia.
- Driven by strong tramontana winds, the fire generated secondary outbreaks in the Les Gavarres massif, while Rural Agents suspect the blaze may have been sparked by mechanical works on a road.
- Regional authorities ordered residents of 10 municipalities, including Platja d'Aro, to stay at home, affecting around 12,000 people; some 40,000 received Es-Alert mobile warnings.
- Catalan leader Salvador Illa requested support from the Military Emergencies Unit as Catalan fire service chief David Borrell warned, "The difficulty is that it will not be static."
- Spain remains on the front line of climate change, which scientists say increases extreme heat intensity; last year, wildfires devoured almost 400,000 hectares, the highest figure recorded by the European Forest Fire Information System.
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Wildfire menaces Spanish tourist hotspot, Portugal seeks help
A resident looks at a column of smoke emerge from a forest fire started in the town of La Bisbal d’Emporda, in Girona, Catalonia. (EPA Images pic) BARCELONA: Hundreds of Spanish firefighters battled an expanding wildfire near the tourist hotspot of Costa Brava on Friday as Portugal sought outside help to combat forest fires in its north. The Costa Brava blaze started in the morning near the northeastern municipality of La Bisbal d’Emporda, aroun…
More than ten municipalities in Catalonia, including the seaside resort of Platja d'Aro, have been confined on Friday after the outbreak of a major fire blazed by the wind near the Costa Brava
A fire broke out Friday near the tourist Costa Brava, in the north-east of Spain, causing the confinement of about ten communes of this area of the Catalan coast which was very frequented in summer, announced the firefighters. ...
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