Fires: declared a fire in the Jerte valley – RTVE

A new forest fire, declared during the early hours of the morning in the Jerte Valley (Cáceres), further complicates the fight against the fire in Extremadura, where two other highly dangerous fires remain active in Las Hurdes and Casas de Miravete. The fire, declared in the Garganta de los Infiernos area, in the Jerte valley, has been “clearly caused”, according to the director of Forestry Policy of the Junta de Extremadura, Pedro Muñoz Barco. “A fire at eleven o’clock at night, with two sources, when all the media were focused on Las Hurdes and Casas de Miravete, it is clear that it was an arson attack,” he pointed out. For this reason, he has asked the public “prudence in all the activities carried out and collaboration so that any information they have is given to us”. “Pedro Muñoz Barco, general director of forestry policy in Extremadura: “That is clear. A fire at 11:00 p.m., with two outbreaks, when all the media were focused on Las Hurdes and Casas de Miravete, it is clear that it was caused” https://t.co/1YKsdA9ocs pic.twitter.com/25BFaUibY8“ — RTVE Noticias (@rtvenoticias) July 17, 2022 The Extremadura Fire Fighting Plan (INFOEX) has mobilized eleven ground units and eleven aerial means to fight the fire, which began with two different outbreaks that this Sunday have come together in a single fire. In total, the Board has mobilized 170 troops, to which are added support units from the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Military Emergency Unit (UME), including two helicopters and fifty troops. The affected area is between Jerte and Tornavacas, the surface that is burning is an oak forest and efforts are focused on preventing it from rising to the pine forest area in Tornavacas, since it would advance faster, although Muñoz has specified that there is no danger to the population because it is a mid-mountain area where there are no buildings. Yes, the access road from Jerte to the well-known Los Pilones area has been cut preventively. As reported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Territory Planning, its evolution is pending, which is complicated by wind conditions. Added to this is the complicated topography of the area, with “quite abrupt valleys that make the work of land resources very difficult,” David Barona, commander of the UME, told Channel 24 Hours. The situation in Las Hurdes and Casas de Miravete has stabilizedThis new front joins those of Casas de Miravete and Las Hurdes, which remain at level 2 of danger, although as reported by the director of Forestry Policy of the Junta de Extremadura, the The situation is stabilized, since “they have no flames”, although the deployment of troops is important to prevent outbreaks. In the case of the Casas de Miravete fire, which broke out on Thursday and has so far burned some 3,000 hectares and has affected to the Monfragüe National Park, is “practically perimeter” because the machines have worked throughout the night. Half a thousand residents of the towns of Casas de Miravete, Romangordo and Higuera de Albalat remain evicted due to the proximity of smoke and flames . The intensity of the fire caused traffic on the A-5 motorway to be cut off in both directions on Saturday, although traffic was restored hours later. Share Wave of fires in Spain 07.16.2022 Image of the flames that cross the mountains of Quiroga and Pobra de Brollón, in Lugo. The extinction of the forest fires declared in Galicia, in this July heat wave, continues to be hampered by the adverse weather conditions, which is why there are several fires still active and that mainly affect the provinces of Ourense and Lugo. EFE EFE / Eliseo Trigo Share Wave of fires in Spain 07.16.2022 Also in the surroundings of the Monfragüe Park, in the province of Cáceres, several towns have had to be evacuated, such as Casas de Miravete, Romangordo or Higuera de Albalat, whose neighbors have had to spend the night in pavilions of Navalmoral de la Mata and Almaraz. EFE EFE/ Ismael Herrero Regarding the Las Hurdes fire, declared last Monday and which has already burned some 8,000 hectares, conditions have improved, although the advance of the flames towards the province of Salamanca is worrying. Muñoz has affirmed that “fortunately” the rise in humidity “has come in handy”, but we must be vigilant to outbreaks within the perimeter. Also in this case, residents of seven population centers remain evicted, who continue to be unable to return to their homes , which is causing them important setbacks and serious economic losses, according to several of those affected to RTVE. The wind reactivates outbreaks in Salamanca In the province of Salamanca, some 9,000 hectares have been devastated in the Monsagro fire, which this Sunday has been reactivated in several outbreaks as the wind increases in the area, a situation that was already expected, sources have reported of the Ministry of the Environment. The Junta de Castilla y León reported that the “high wind” had forced the aerial means to withdraw to their bases, although they returned around 7:00 p.m. The number of hectares affected is still provisional, since there are still areas with various degrees of affection to be evaluated inside the perimeter. It was around 12 noon when it was verified that the wind had increased the speed of the wind, which is making it difficult to put out the fire. Early this Sunday morning, the two sections of road that were cut off since Friday by the Monsagro fire, such as those linking Diosleguarde with Morasverdes and Aldehuela de Yeltes with Morasverdes. The firefighting services are also working in the Las Batuecas valley, where a small focus has been reactivated next to the monastery of San José, which on Friday had to be evicted due to the proximity of the flames. Road and railway cuts in ÁvilaIn Castilla y León, the Board has declared the level 2 of danger, after a new fire broke out this Sunday afternoon that has forced the CL-505 road, which connects Ávila and Las Navas, to be cut del Marqués, as well as the railway that connects Ávila with MadridThe fire has been declared in the municipality of the Avila town of El Herradón de Pinares, with 450 inhabitants, located about 25 kilometers east of the capital.The Cebreros fire It has not worsened and, as explained by the mayor of the town of Ávila, Pedro José Muñoz, it is a “large perimeter” burned down that was declared early on Saturday afternoon with flames that started on “urban land”. the forest fire declared last Friday in the Segovian town of Navafría, and which has burned at least 880 hectares of Scots pine, the Junta de Castilla y León has lowered the level of severity from 2 to 1. The lowering of the level of danger ad has been possible thanks to the work of 160 professionals from the Castilla y León forest firefighting operation, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, the Military Emergency Unit and the Community of Madrid. The approximately two hundred neighbors who were evicted from the town of Torre Val de San Pedro, where the flames reached a house and a barn, they have already been able to return to their homes and it has not been necessary to evict any other population center because of the fire.